Days of hope : race and democracy in the New Deal era / Patricia Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Southern States--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Southern States.

African Americans--Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.

New Deal, 1933-1939--Southern States.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 335 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1930s and 1940s, a loose alliance of blacks and whites, individuals and organizations, came together to offer a potent alternative to southern conservative politics. Days of Hope traces the rise and fall of this movement that helped shape the struggle for racial democracy in America.

Contents:

1. On the Eve of the New Deal

2. Challenge to the Solid South: The Politics of New Deal Reform, 1933-1938

3. Southern Seeds of Change, 1931-1938

4. Whose South?: Wartime Battles on Capitol Hill

5. War, Race, and Democracy: The South in Transition

6. Democrats at the Crossroads, 1944

7. Organizing the Southern Movement: Voter Registration and Political Action, 1945-1946

8. The Closing Circle of Democratic Party Politics: Breakup of the New Deal Coalition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9798890886552

9780807864890

0807864897