Format:
Online-Ressource (200 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781604734232
Content:
During the first half of the twentieth century, the city of Memphis was governed by the Shelby County Democratic Party controlled by Edward Hull Crump, described by Time magazine as "the most absolute political boss in the U.S." Crusades for Freedom chronicles the demise of the Crump political machine and the corresponding rise to power of the South's two minorities, African Americans and Republicans.Between the years 1948 and 1968, Memphis emerged as a battleground in the struggle to create a strong two-party South. For the first time in its history, both Republican and Democratic presidentia
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. "We Are Living in a Different Day"; 2. "My Family Ties in the South"; 3. "All the Cooperation We Can Muster"; 4. "Why Didn't Someone Tell Us This Before?"; 5. "To Compel the White Race"; 6. "Please Don't Do That"; 7. "A Great Movement Here in Memphis"; Afterword; Appendix A. Memphis City Government, 1948-1968; Appendix B. Election Returns; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781604734249
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781604734232
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Crusades for Freedom : Memphis and the Political Transformation of the American South
Language:
English
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