Bruce Bartlett

Wrong on Race

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Produktbeschreibung

On the tails of an election with the subject of race at the forefront, Wrong on Race uncovers a hidden past that many Democrats would rather see swept under the carpet. Ranging from the founding of the Republic through to today, it rectifies the unfair perceptions of America's two national parties. While Nixon's infamous "Southern Strategy" is constantly referenced in the media, less well remembered are Woodrow Wilson's segregation of the entire Federal civil service; FDR's appointment of a member of the KKK to the Supreme Court; John F. Kennedy's apathy towards civil rights legislation; and the ascension of Robert Byrd, who is current President pro tempore of the Senate, third in line in the presidential line of succession, and a former member of the KKK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Griffin
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780230610996
• ISBN-10: 0230610994
• Artikelnr.: 24925567

Autorenporträt

Bruce Bartlett

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: THE RACIST ORIGINS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Stephen A. Douglas Sow the Seeds of Civil War
Andrew Johnson: The Man Who Tried to Wreck Reconstruction and Paved the Way for Jim Crow
PART II: SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS: RACIST TO THE CORE
Ben Tillman, Cole Blease, and James F. Byrnes: Democrats of South Carolina
Tom Watson, Hoke Smith, Eugene Talmadge, and Richard B. Russell: Democrats of Georgia
James Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo: Democrats of Mississippi
PART III: DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE: BLACKS SENT TO THE BACK DOOR
Woodrow Wilson: Reactionary Progressive
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Insensitive Liberal
PART IV: DEMOCRATIC RACISM FINALLY REPUDIATED
Harry S. Truman: Unsung Civil Rights Hero
Democrats Jump on the Civil Rights Bandwagon
Racial Double Standards