The modern presidency & civil rights
Subtitle: rhetoric on race from Roosevelt to Nixon
By: Garth E. Pauley.
Series: Presidential rhetoric series ;; no. 3
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Racial attitudes.; Presidents -- United States -- Language.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.; Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; African-Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Other titles: Modern presidency and civil rights
Description: "Every President since Franklin Roosevelt has confronted civil rights issues during his tenure in the White House, and most have faced intense demands to speak publicly about the nation's racial problems and possible solutions. Indeed, modern American presidents have become a major focal point for the civil rights struggle." "In The Modern Presidency and Civil Rights, Garth E. Pauley examines modern presidents' communicative and symbolic involvement in these matters, focusing on four crucial speeches, the circumstances surrounding them, and their effect on public attitudes and policy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidents, race, and rhetoric; title: Harry Truman and the NAACP; title: Dwight Eisenhower against the extremists; title: John F. Kennedy and the moral crisis of 1963; title: Lyndon Johnson overcomes; title: Presidential rhetoric and the civil rights era.