Georgia Democrats, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Shaping of the New South [electronic resource] /
Boyd, Tim S. R.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2012.
Boyd deftly shows how Georgia Democrats forged a successful (if morally problematic) response to the civil rights movement, allowing them to remain in power until internal divisions eventually weakened the party. The result is a study that recognizes the myriad forces southern leaders faced as the Jim Crow South gave way to new political realities and greatly enhances our understanding of southern politics today.
Description based upon print version of record.
Boyd deftly shows how Georgia Democrats forged a successful (if morally problematic) response to the civil rights movement, allowing them to remain in power until internal divisions eventually weakened the party. The result is a study that recognizes the myriad forces southern leaders faced as the Jim Crow South gave way to new political realities and greatly enhances our understanding of southern politics today.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Competing visions for postwar Georgia: 1946 -- Politics in Georgia before Brown: 1946-1954 -- Contesting massive resistance: 1954-1962 -- "A truly democratic party": 1962-1966 -- "The damndest mess": 1966 -- The loyalist backlash: 1966-1971 -- The new south in state and nation: 1971-1976.
Description based on print version record.
Democratic Party (Ga.)
Civil rights movements
African Americans