Senator Albert Gore, Sr. : Tennessee Maverick /

From his career shines one encapsulating moment in 1952: squared off on the floor of the Senate against Strom Thurmond, who wanted Gore to sign the "Southern Manifesto" declaring southern resistance to desegregation, Gore responded simply, classically, "Hell no.""--Jacket

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longley, Kyle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gore, Albert (Politiker)
Gore, Albert, > 1907-1998.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Politik
Politics and government
Legislators.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
USA
United States.
Tennessee.
Tennessee > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Tennessee > Politics and government > 1951-
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The boy from Possum Hollow
  • Mr. Gore goes to Washington
  • In the new world of atoms, the Cold War, and the fair deal
  • Joining the Millionaires' Club
  • A time of peril on many fronts
  • Living in Camelot
  • In the midst of the great society and beyond
  • Target number one
  • Life out of the limelight.

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