Farewell to the Party of Lincoln Black Politics in the Age of F. D. R

Name: Farewell to the Party of Lincoln Black Politics in the Age of F. D. R
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ISBN: 9780691101514

ISBN-10: 0691101515

ISBN-13: 9780691101514

Edition: 1984

Authors: Nancy Joan Weiss, Nancy J. Weiss

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This book examines a remarkable political phenomenon--the dramatic shift of black voters from the Republican to the Democratic party in the 1930s, a shift all the more striking in light of the Democrats' indifference to racial concerns. Nancy J. Weiss shows that blacks became Democrats in response to the economic benefits of the New Deal and that they voted for Franklin Roosevelt in spite of the New Deal's lack of a substantive record on race. By their support for FDR blacks forged a political commitment to the Democratic party that has lasted to our own time. The last group to join the New Deal coalition, they have been the group that remained the most loyal to the Democratic party. This…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/21/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.94" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English