LEADER 03000nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910817010603321 005 20230725040358.0 010 $a1-283-43448-2 010 $a9786613434487 010 $a1-60473-424-8 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046662 035 $a(EBL)840364 035 $a(OCoLC)774384463 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000598879 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598879 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10592311 035 $a(PQKB)11037170 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC840364 035 $a(OCoLC)798295790 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL840364 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10529408 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL343448 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046662 100 $a20090604d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrusades for freedom$b[electronic resource] $eMemphis and the political transformation of the American South /$fG. Wayne Dowdy 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-423-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. "We Are Living in a Different Day"; 2. "My Family Ties in the South"; 3. "All the Cooperation We Can Muster"; 4. "Why Didn't Someone Tell Us This Before?"; 5. "To Compel the White Race"; 6. "Please Don't Do That"; 7. "A Great Movement Here in Memphis"; Afterword; Appendix A. Memphis City Government, 1948-1968; Appendix B. Election Returns; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W 330 $aDuring the first half of the twentieth century, the city of Memphis was governed by the Shelby County Democratic Party controlled by Edward Hull Crump, described by Time magazine as ""the most absolute political boss in the U.S."" Crusades for Freedom chronicles the demise of the Crump political machine and the corresponding rise to power of the South's two minorities, African Americans and Republicans.Between the years 1948 and 1968, Memphis emerged as a battleground in the struggle to create a strong two-party South. For the first time in its history, both Republican and Democratic president 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTennessee$zMemphis$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aMemphis (Tenn.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 676 $a976.8/19053 700 $aDowdy$b G. Wayne$01623464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817010603321 996 $aCrusades for freedom$93993941 997 $aUNINA