New Deal/New South : an Anthony J. Badger reader.

Badger, Anthony J.

New Deal/New South : an Anthony J. Badger reader. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xxix, 270 pages) -

Includes bibliographies and index.

Huey Long and the New Deal -- How did the New Deal change the South? -- The modernization of the South : the lament for rural worlds lost -- Whatever happened to Roosevelt's new generation of southerners? -- Southerners who refused to sign the Southern Manifesto -- The white reaction to Brown : Arkansas, the Southern Manifesto, and massive resistance -- "Closet moderates" : why white liberals failed, 1940-1970 -- From defiance to moderation : South Carolina governors and racial change -- "When I took the oath of office, I took no vow of poverty" : race, corruption, and democracy in Louisiana, 1928-2000 -- The dilemma of biracial politics in the South since 1965 -- Southern New Dealers confront the world : Lyndon Johnson, Albert Gore, and Vietnam -- The anti-Gore campaign of 1970 (with Michael S. Martin).

The twelve essays in this book, several published here for the first time, represent some of Tony Badger's best work in his ongoing examination of how white liberal southern politicians who came to prominence in the New Deal and World War II handled the race issue when it became central to politics in the 1950s and 1960s. Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s thought a new generation of southerners would wrestle Congress back from the conservatives. The Supreme Court thought that responsible southern leaders would lead their communities to general school desegregation after the Brown decision. John.




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New Deal, 1933-1939--Southern States.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Southern States--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Southern States--20th century.
White people--History--Southern States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

F215 / .N493 2007