04276nam 2200757 a 450 991080902210332120200520144314.00-8173-8195-3(CKB)1000000000774955(EBL)454468(OCoLC)647817506(SSID)ssj0000171916(PQKBManifestationID)11152186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171916(PQKBWorkID)10151701(PQKB)11427011(MdBmJHUP)muse8882(Au-PeEL)EBL454468(CaPaEBR)ebr10309847(MiAaPQ)EBC454468(EXLCZ)99100000000077495520051007d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHistory and hope in the heart of Dixie scholarship, activism, and Wayne Flynt in the modern South /edited by Gordon E. Harvey, Richard D. Starnes, and Glenn Feldman1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (240 p.)The modern SouthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5320-8 0-8173-1507-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Can any good thing come from Auburn? / John Shelton Reed -- Revisiting race relations in an Upland South community : Lacrosse, Arkansas / Brooks Blevins -- Southern accents : the politics of race and the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 / Susan Youngblood Ashmore -- Is there a balm in Gilead? Baptists and reform in North Carolina, 1900-1925 / Richard D. Starnes -- The beginnings of interracialism : Macon, Georgia, in the 1930s / Andrew M. Manis -- Race, class, the Southern conference, and the beginning of the end of the New Deal coalition / Glenn Feldman -- "Wallaceism is an insidious and treacherous type of disease" : the 1970 Alabama gubernatorial election and the "Wallace freeze" on Alabama politics / Gordon E. Harvey -- Divide and conquer : interest groups and political culture in Alabama, 1929-1971 / Jeff Frederick -- The scholar as activist / Dewayne Key -- Evangelist for constitutional reform / Bailey Thomson -- The historian as public policy activist / Dan T. Carter.Social and political history of the modern South. This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region's poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America. In a time when the nation's eyes have been focused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita onto the vulnerabilityModern South.History & hope in the heart of DixiePolitical cultureAlabamaHistory20th centuryReligion and politicsAlabamaHistory20th centuryLearning and scholarshipPolitical aspectsAlabamaHistory20th centuryHistoriansAlabamaBiographyPolitical cultureSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryReligion and politicsSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryAlabamaPolitics and government20th centuryAlabamaRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory20th centurySouthern StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureHistoryReligion and politicsHistoryLearning and scholarshipPolitical aspectsHistoryHistoriansPolitical cultureHistoryReligion and politicsHistory976.1/063Harvey Gordon E(Gordon Earl),1967-1600921Starnes Richard D.1970-1624512Feldman Glenn1606019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809022103321History and hope in the heart of Dixie4107015UNINA