03773nam 2200697 a 450 991081875780332120200520144314.01-282-53787-397866125378750-226-56112-710.7208/9780226561127(CKB)2520000000006473(EBL)496628(OCoLC)593356253(SSID)ssj0000342215(PQKBManifestationID)11230792(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342215(PQKBWorkID)10285540(PQKB)11779966(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122694(MiAaPQ)EBC496628(DE-B1597)524479(OCoLC)1135592761(DE-B1597)9780226561127(Au-PeEL)EBL496628(CaPaEBR)ebr10372067(CaONFJC)MIL253787(EXLCZ)99252000000000647320030416d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReconsidering Roosevelt on race how the presidency paved the road to Brown /Kevin J. McMahon1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20041 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-50086-1 0-226-50088-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.The day they drove old Dixie down -- The incongruities of reform : rights-centered liberalism and legal realism in the early New Deal years -- FDR's constitutional vision and the defeat of the court-packing plan : the modern presidency and the enemies of institutional reform -- Approving legislation for the people, preserving liberties--almost rewriting laws : the politics of creating the Roosevelt court -- A constitutional purge : Southern democracy, lynch law, and the Roosevelt Justice Department -- The commitment continues : Truman, Eisenhower, and the civil rights decisions -- The road the court trod.Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial role in the Supreme Court's increasing commitment to racial equality-which culminated in its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. McMahon shows how FDR's attempt to strengthen the presidency and undermine the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. By appointing a majority of rights-based liberals deferential to presidential power, Roosevelt ensured that the Supreme Court would be receptive to civil rights claims, especially when those claims had the support of the executive branch.African AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcHistory20th centurySegregation in educationLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1945African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.HistorySegregation in educationLaw and legislationHistory323.1/196073/009043McMahon Kevin J1666821MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818757803321Reconsidering Roosevelt on race4122717UNINA