Mayor Crump don't like it : machine politics in Memphis / G. Wayne Dowdy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dowdy, G. Wayne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayors--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.

Mayors.

Politics, Practical--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.

Politics, Practical.

African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Memphis (Tenn.).

Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

United States.

Crump, Edward Hull, 1874-1954.

Crump, Edward Hull.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1930's thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expanded

Contents:

A business government by a business man

The black flag of machine politics

The people have made their statement

A good Tammany Hall Tennessean

The honor of having no opposition

God bless you, boss.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-148) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-60844-8

9786613920898

1-60473-076-5

1-4294-6063-6

OCLC:

811507330