Strom Thurmond and the politics of Southern change
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Special Collections - Civil Rights Room | Special Coll. 975.704 C67s NCR | Library Use Only |
Special Collections - Grantham | Special Coll. 975.704 C67s Grantham | Library Use Only |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951-
South Carolina -- Race relations.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Southern States -- Race relations.
Thurmond, Strom, -- 1902-2003.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951-
South Carolina -- Race relations.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Southern States -- Race relations.
Thurmond, Strom, -- 1902-2003.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1993.
Format
Book - Special Collections
Physical Desc
574 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Spine title: Strom Thurmond.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-553) and index.
Description
This is a book about the white side of the civil rights struggle - the fascinating story of the South's political evolution over the past fifty years, told through the life and career of Strom Thurmond, one of the South's most provocative and enduring politicians. Virtually all books that explore the American civil rights movement do so from the perspective of black America, chronicling the collective march to black empowerment through the experiences of individual black leaders. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change approaches this explosive era from the point of view of those for whom the sharing of power was most wrenching - the Southern white politicians. With full access to Thurmond and his archives, and with more than twelve years of research on Thurmond to her credit, Nadine Cohodas here gives a compelling account of an era of tumultuous change in America. State senator, judge, governor, and states rights candidate for president before he came to serve in Washington, Senator Thurmond was to many the embodiment of white supremacy and a classic, die-hard segregationist. The leading Dixiecrat whose 24-hour-18-minute filibuster against a 1957 civil rights bill set a record that still stands, Thurmond eventually underwent a striking metamorphosis: he was the first South Carolina politician to hire a black staff member, he presided over the crucial 1982 extension of the Voting Rights Act, and he ultimately threw his unqualified support behind the law that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., his longtime nemesis. Switching party allegiances and adapting to new realities, Thurmond changed the rules of Southern politics forever. Today he is one of the Senate's respected elder statesmen, held in high regard by leaders and trusted by his constituents, black and white alike. Strom Thurmond's life and work take us through a century of historic terrain, from the age of Jim Crow through the turmoil of civil rights to the present day. With Thurmond, we meet a colorful gallery of Southerners who shaped the political landscape: Pitchfork Ben Tillman, Cotton Ed Smith, Olin D. Johnston, Richard Russell, Orval Faubus, George Wallace, and Jim Eastland among them. We see the pressures that black activists brought to bear on these men. Thurmond's sixty-five-year career vividly illustrates the upheavals and accommodations forced on the South by the civil rights movement. His dramatic adjustment to a reordered Southern society is testament to the movement's profound impact on this country. Superbly researched and scrupulously fair, Strom Thurmond is the story of an extraordinary political odyssey and an invaluable contribution to the history of politics and race in America.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cohodas, N. (1993). Strom Thurmond and the politics of Southern change . Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cohodas, Nadine. 1993. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cohodas, Nadine. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change Simon & Schuster, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cohodas, Nadine. Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change Simon & Schuster, 1993.
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