Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Kevin J. McMahon
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"Shocked." That was the word Governor James "Jimmy" Byrnes of South Carolina used to describe his reaction to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
From the rear cover
Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial role in the Supreme Court's increasing commitment to racial equality--which culminated in its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. McMahon shows how FDR's attempt to strengthen the presidency and undermine the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. By appointing a majority of rights-based liberals deferential to presidential power, Roosevelt ensured that the Supreme Court would be receptive to civil rights claims, especially when those claims had the support of the executive branch.
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- Title Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown
- Author Kevin J. McMahon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 298
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
- Date December 10, 2003
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226500881 / 0226500888
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.08 x 0.7 in (22.81 x 15.44 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History -, United States - Politics and government -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003008350
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Choice, 09/01/2004, Page 175
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