Farewell to the party of Lincoln
Subtitle: Black politics in the age of FDR
By: Nancy J. Weiss.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780691047034
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 -- Relations with African Americans; African Americans -- Politics and government; Voting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The election of 1928; title: The election of 1932; title: New Deal or New Bluff?; title: Organizing a special interest group; title: The rise of Black Democratic politicians; title: The battle for antilynching legislation; title: Eleanor Roosevelt; title: The Black cabinet; title: A climate of racial conservatism; title: The election of 1936; title: Why Blacks became Democrats; title: Race in the second Roosevelt administration; title: The election of 1940; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix : Tables for electoral analysis; title: A note on sources