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OverviewHailed as one of the best treatments of the civil rights movement, """"Race and Democracy"""" is also one of the most comprehensive and detailed studies of the movement at the state level. This far-reaching and dramatic narrative ranges in time from the founding of the New Orleans branch of the NAACP in 1915 to the beginning of Edwin Edwards' first term as governor in 1972. In his new preface Adam Fairclough brings the narrative up-to-date, demonstrating the persistence of racial inequalities and the continuing importance of race as a factor in politics. When Hurricane Katrina exposed the race issue in a new context, Fairclough argues, political leaders mishandled the disaster. A deep-seated culture of corruption, he concludes, compromises the ability of public officials to tackle intransigent problems of urban poverty and inadequate schools. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adam FaircloughPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.978kg ISBN: 9780820331140ISBN 10: 0820331147 Pages: 668 Publication Date: 30 April 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsComplex, rich, and sweeping. - Journal of Southern History Author InformationFairclough takes readers to the grass roots of the movement as it was defiantly advanced and resisted in scores of places like New Orleans shipyards, the voter registrar's office in Opelousas, and the Little Union Baptist Church in Shreveport. He traces the social networks that sustained black activism, such as Masonic lodges and teachers' associations, and he also analyzes white responses to the movement as expressed through political factions, trade unions, business lobbies, the Catholic Church, White Citizens Councils, and the Ku Klux Klan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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