05220nam 2200829 a 450 991078099340332120200520144314.097866125379981-282-53799-70-226-84527-310.7208/9780226845272(CKB)2520000000006492(EBL)496639(OCoLC)593295833(SSID)ssj0000343985(PQKBManifestationID)11294878(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343985(PQKBWorkID)10290775(PQKB)10760529(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122697(MiAaPQ)EBC496639(DE-B1597)524525(OCoLC)1135584545(DE-B1597)9780226845272(Au-PeEL)EBL496639(CaPaEBR)ebr10370339(CaONFJC)MIL253799(EXLCZ)99252000000000649220040507d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe two reconstructions[electronic resource] the struggle for Black enfranchisement /Richard M. ValellyChicago University of Chicago Press20041 online resource (348 p.)American politics and political economyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-84528-1 0-226-84530-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-311) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. The Strange Career of African American Voting and Office-Holding -- Chapter Two. Forging the Coalition of 1867-1868 -- Chapter Three. Incomplete Institutionalization -- Chapter Four. Party-Building during the First Reconstruction -- Chapter Five. The Limits of Jurisprudence-Building -- Chapter Six. The Vortex of Racial Disenfranchisement -- Chapter Seven. Heralding the Second Reconstruction: The Coalition of 1948 -- Chapter Eight. The Coalition of 1961-1965 -- Chapter Nine. How the Second Reconstruction Stabilized -- Chapter Ten. Institutions and Enfranchisement -- Notes -- IndexWinner of the 2005 J. David Greenstone Book Award from the Politics and History section of the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2005 Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2005 V.O. Key, Jr. Award of the Southern Political Science Association The Reconstruction era marked a huge political leap for African Americans, who rapidly went from the status of slaves to voters and officeholders. Yet this hard-won progress lasted only a few decades. Ultimately a "second reconstruction"-associated with the civil rights movement and the Voting Rights Act-became necessary. How did the first reconstruction fail so utterly, setting the stage for the complete disenfranchisement of Southern black voters, and why did the second succeed? These are among the questions Richard M. Valelly answers in this fascinating history. The fate of black enfranchisement, he argues, has been closely intertwined with the strengths and constraints of our political institutions. Valelly shows how effective biracial coalitions have been the key to success and incisively traces how and why political parties and the national courts either rewarded or discouraged the formation of coalitions. Revamping our understanding of American race relations, The Two Reconstructions brilliantly explains a puzzle that lies at the heart of America's development as a political democracy.American politics and political economy.African AmericansSuffrageHistoryAfrican AmericansHistory1863-1877African AmericansHistory1877-1964African AmericansPolitics and governmentReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Political partiesUnited StatesHistoryElection lawUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1865-1877United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989voting rights, enfranchisement, race, racism, politics, history, democracy, reconstruction, civil war, american south, slavery, freedom, voters, government, electorate, coalitions, suffrage, party building, southern democrats, nonfiction, elections, constitutional law, political economy, public office, politicians, biracial, lyndon johnson, kennedy, institutionalism.African AmericansSuffrageHistory.African AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansPolitics and government.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Political partiesHistory.Election lawHistory.323.1196/073/009HR 1728rvkValelly Richard M1507202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780993403321The two reconstructions3737732UNINA