Delaying the dream : southern senators and the fight against civil rights, 1938-1965

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Label

Delaying the dream : southern senators and the fight against civil rights, 1938-1965

Title remainder

southern senators and the fight against civil rights, 1938-1965

Statement of responsibility

Keith M. Finley

Creator

• Finley, Keith M., 1973-

Subject

• Legislators -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
• Southern States -- Race relations | Political aspects | History -- 20th century
• Legislators -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Race relations | Political aspects | History -- 20th century
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States, Congress | Senate -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Few historical events lend themselves to such a sharp delineation between right and wrong as does the civil rights struggle. Consequently, many historical accounts of white resistance to civil rights legislation emphasize the ferocity of the opposition, from the Ole Miss riots to the depredations of Eugene "Bull" Conner's Birmingham police force to George Wallace's stand on the schoolhouse steps. While such hostile episodes frequently occurred in the Jim Crow South, civil rights adversaries also employed other, less confrontational but remarkably successful, tactics to deny equal rights to black Americans. In Delaying the Dream, Keith M. Finley explores gradations in the opposition by examining how the region's principal national spokesmen - its United States senators - addressed themselves to the civil rights question and developed a concerted plan of action to thwart legislation: the use of strategic delay." "Finley's analysis goes beyond traditional images of the quest for racial equality - the heroic struggle, the southern extremism, the filibusters - to reveal another side to the conflict. By focusing on strategic delay and the senators' foresight in recognizing the need for this tactic, Delaying the Dream adds a fresh perspective to the canon on the civil rights era in modern American history."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Making the modern South

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.1196/073

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.61

LC item number

.F485 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Making the modern South