Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965 PDF
Preview Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
RACIAL REALIGNMENT PRINCETON STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS: HISTORICAL, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES IRA KATZNELSON, ERIC SCHICKLER, MARTIN SHEFTER, AND THEDA SKOCPOL, SERIES EDITORS A list of titles in this series appears at the back of the book RACIAL REALIGNMENT THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM, 1932–1965 Eric Schickler PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright © 2016 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-0-691-15387-2 ISBN (pbk.) 978-0-691-15388-9 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Sabon Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 PART 1 TRANSFORMING AMERICAN LIBERALISM CHAPTER 2 Race: The Early New Deal’s Blind Spot 27 CHAPTER 3 Transforming Liberalism, 1933–1940 45 CHAPTER 4 Liberalism Transformed: The Early Civil Rights Movement and the “Liberal Lobby” 81 PART 2 REALIGNMENT FROM BELOW: VOTERS AND MIDLEVEL PARTY ACTORS CHAPTER 5 Civil Rights and New Deal Liberalism in the Mass Public 101 CHAPTER 6 The African American Realignment and New Deal Liberalism 129 CHAPTER 7 State Parties and the Civil Rights Realignment 150 CHAPTER 8 Beyond the Roll Call: The Congressional Realignment 176 PART 3 THE NATIONAL PARTIES RESPOND CHAPTER 9 Facing a Changing Party: Democratic Elites and Civil Rights 211 CHAPTER 10 Lincoln’s Party No More: The Transformation of the GOP 237 CHAPTER 11 Conclusions 271 Notes 287 Index 351 Illustrations FIGURES 3.1 CIO News takes on Nazi threat to labor unions and racial minorities, 1938 60 3.2 Number of Chicago Defender stories linking CIO or affiliates with African Americans 65 3.3 Proportion of southern and northern Democrats depicted as critical of Roosevelt administration or New Deal 75 5.1A Democratic vote choice and support for federal intervention against lynching, 1937–50, northern whites 107 5.1B Economic liberalism and support for federal intervention against lynching, 1937–50, northern whites 107 5.1C Economic liberalism and support for federal intervention against lynching, 1937–50, southern whites 108 5.2A Democratic vote choice and support for poll tax ban, 1940–53, northern whites 110 5.2B Economic liberalism and support for poll tax ban, 1940–53, northern whites 110 5.2C Economic liberalism and support for poll tax ban, 1940–53, southern whites 111 5.3A Democratic vote choice and support for fair employment policies, northern whites 115 5.3B Economic liberalism and support for fair employment policies, northern whites 115 5.3C Economic liberalism and support for fair employment policies, southern whites 116 5.4 Racial liberalism and liberalism on labor and nonlabor economic issues, 1937–50, northern states 117 5.5 Demographic characteristics and support for antilynching legislation and FEPC 123 5.6 Presidential vote and views on antilynching legislation and FEPC, by demographic group 125
The list of books you might like
