Crusades for freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Memphis and the political transformation of the American South / / G. Wayne Dowdy
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Dowdy G. Wayne
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Crusades for freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Memphis and the political transformation of the American South / / G. Wayne Dowdy
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976.8/19053 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Tennessee - Memphis - Politics and government - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Memphis (Tenn.) Politics and government 20th century |
| Memphis (Tenn.) Race relations History 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | During 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crusades for freedom |
| ISBN: | 1-283-43448-2 |
| 9786613434487 | |
| 1-60473-424-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817010603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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