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Author:   Timothy N. Thurber
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
Imprint:   University Press of Kansas
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780700635221

ISBN 10:   070063522
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   14 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Fair Employment Practices Commission, Voting Rights, and Racial Violence 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Reform of the Federal Government 3. “At Sea on This”: Eisenhower and Black Protest 4. Republicans and Civil Rights Legislation, 1952-1960s 5. Five: The GOP, Direct Action, and Racial Policy, 1960-1963 6. The 1964 Civil Rights Act 7. Race and Republican Politics, 1961-1964 8. Civil Rights Policy, 1965-1968 9. The Nixon Synthesis 10. Schools, Voting Rights, and the Supreme Court, 1969-1970s 11. Integration Revisited 12. Economic Policy: Nixon’s First Term 13. A New Republican Majority? 14. Denouement: The GOP and Race, 1973-1974 Epilogue Notes Index A photo section appears following page 204

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A monumental work. For decades to come, this will be the definitive study of the Republican Party and race in the years following World War II. It is exhaustively researched, meticulously written, and slays a bucketful of myths on the subject. --David Nichols, author of A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution A fresh examination, full of new insights and great nuance. Readers will learn that many of the stereotypes about the Republican Party and race just are not accurate. --Donald T. Critchlow, author of The Conservative Ascendancy Rich in detail, incident, and insight, Thurber's splendid work explains the misperceptions and missed opportunities that led to the widening gulf between the Party of Lincoln and the nation's minorities. A judicious and essential history, full of contemporary resonance. --Geoffrey Kabaservice, author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party from Eisenhower to the Tea Party The most deeply researched and nuanced history to date of how the GOP's national leadership dealt with, or failed to deal with, the African American freedom struggle in the three decades following World War II. Thurber moves far beyond the impressionistic histories of the Republican southern strategy to show how liberal, moderate, and conservative Republicans were arguing over what was to become of Lincoln's legacy. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the history behind the common perception today of the GOP as a superannuated party of white folks. --Joseph Crespino, author of Strom Thurmond's America

"""A monumental work. For decades to come, this will be the definitive study of the Republican Party and race in the years following World War II. It is exhaustively researched, meticulously written, and slays a bucketful of myths on the subject.""--David Nichols, author of A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution ""A fresh examination, full of new insights and great nuance. Readers will learn that many of the stereotypes about the Republican Party and race just are not accurate.""--Donald T. Critchlow, author of The Conservative Ascendancy ""Rich in detail, incident, and insight, Thurber's splendid work explains the misperceptions and missed opportunities that led to the widening gulf between the Party of Lincoln and the nation's minorities. A judicious and essential history, full of contemporary resonance.""--Geoffrey Kabaservice, author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party from Eisenhower to the Tea Party ""The most deeply researched and nuanced history to date of how the GOP's national leadership dealt with, or failed to deal with, the African American freedom struggle in the three decades following World War II. Thurber moves far beyond the impressionistic histories of the Republican southern strategy to show how liberal, moderate, and conservative Republicans were arguing over what was to become of Lincoln's legacy. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the history behind the common perception today of the GOP as a superannuated party of white folks.""--Joseph Crespino, author of Strom Thurmond's America"

Author Information

Timothy N. Thurber is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of The Politics of Equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle.

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