LEADER 03773nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910818757803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53787-3 010 $a9786612537875 010 $a0-226-56112-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226561127 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006473 035 $a(EBL)496628 035 $a(OCoLC)593356253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342215 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11230792 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342215 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285540 035 $a(PQKB)11779966 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496628 035 $a(DE-B1597)524479 035 $a(OCoLC)1135592761 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226561127 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253787 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006473 100 $a20030416d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReconsidering Roosevelt on race $ehow the presidency paved the road to Brown /$fKevin J. McMahon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-50086-1 311 $a0-226-50088-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aMany 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSegregation in education$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory 615 0$aSegregation in education$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 676 $a323.1/196073/009043 700 $aMcMahon$b Kevin J$01666821 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818757803321 996 $aReconsidering Roosevelt on race$94122717 997 $aUNINA