Blue Texas : The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era /

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This work is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-20th century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics and civil rights activism. Beginning in the 1930s, Max Krochmal tells the story of the struggle for democracy in Texas, when African American,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Krochmal, Max (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Political participation.
Minorities > Political activity.
Mexican Americans > Political activity.
Electoral coalitions.
Civil rights movements.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Texas > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Participation politique > Texas > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Activite politique > Texas.
Noirs americains > Activite politique > Texas > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Minorites > Activite politique > Texas > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Coalitions electorales > Texas > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Texas > History > 20th century.
Political participation > Texas > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Political activity > Texas.
African Americans > Political activity > Texas > History > 20th century.
Minorities > Political activity > Texas > History > 20th century.
Electoral coalitions > Texas > History > 20th century.
Texas.
Texas > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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  • People are power: the mass uprising and the maverick coalition
  • Segregation is an economic problem: black workers win the right to vote
  • Forcing us together in self-defense: the Cold War, the black vote and the liberal movement
  • Minorities combine: G.J. Sutton, Albert Peña, and the Democrats of Texas
  • Unions are needed so desperately here: the rebirth of the labor movement and the seeds of the Bexar coalition
  • We shall be heard: civil rights in black and brown from the sit-ins to Viva Kennedy
  • Trying to reach substantially unanimous agreement: the "Latin vote" and the first democratic coalition
  • Separating the wheat from the chaff: intra-racial divides beget inter-racial unity
  • They'll never separate us again: the multiracial democratic coalition on the march
  • New power for the Texas minorities: winning the battles, losing the war.

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