03765nam 2200757 450 991045365170332120200520144314.00-8130-4697-10-8130-4860-5(CKB)2550000001138554(EBL)1511084(OCoLC)862050210(SSID)ssj0001041773(PQKBManifestationID)11595609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041773(PQKBWorkID)11048670(PQKB)11225213(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229834(MiAaPQ)EBC1511084(OCoLC)867741168(MdBmJHUP)muse32297(PPN)176204598(Au-PeEL)EBL1511084(CaPaEBR)ebr10790910(CaONFJC)MIL538224(EXLCZ)99255000000113855420130517h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrWinning while losing? civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama /edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. WhiteGainesville :University Press of Florida,[2014]©20141 online resource (299 p.)The Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidencyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8130-4908-3 1-306-06973-4 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / John D. Skrentny -- African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Mary Frances Berry -- Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Robert C. Smith -- Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / Charles L. Zelden -- George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Steven F. Lawson -- Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Thomas Borstelmann.Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination.Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency.African AmericansCivil rightsAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsConservatismUnited StatesPresidentsUnited StatesRacismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.African AmericansCivil rights.African AmericansSocial conditions.ConservatismPresidentsRacismPolitical aspectsHistory323.1196/073Osgood Kenneth Alan1971-472241White Derrick E918446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453651703321Winning while losing2059354UNINA