Blue Texas : the making of a multiracial Democratic coalition in the Civil Rights era / Max Krochmal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krochmal, Max, author.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electoral coalitions--Texas--History--20th century.

Electoral coalitions.

Minorities--Political activity--Texas--History--20th century.

Minorities.

African Americans--Political activity--Texas--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Mexican Americans--Political activity--Texas.

Mexican Americans.

Political participation--Texas--History--20th century.

Political participation.

Civil rights movements--Texas--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Politics and government.

History.

Mexican Americans--Political activity.

Minorities--Political activity.

Texas--Politics and government--20th century.

Texas.

Physical Description:

xiii, 537 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Contents:

People are power: the mass uprising and the maverick coalition

Segregation is an economic problem: black workers win the right to vote

Forcing us together in self-defense: the Cold War, the black vote and the liberal movement

Minorities combine: G.J. Sutton, Albert Peña, and the Democrats of Texas

Unions are needed so desperately here: the rebirth of the labor movement and the seeds of the Bexar coalition

We shall be heard: rights in black and brown from the sit-ins to Viva Kennedy

Trying to reach substantially unanimous agreement on limited political targets: the "Latin vote" and the first democratic coalition

Separating the wheat from the chaff: intra-racial divides beget inter-racial unity

They'll never separate us again: the multiracial democratic coalition on the march

New power for the Texas minorities: winning the battles, losing the war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469626758

1469626756

OCLC:

936687519

Publisher Number:

99969469886