After Freedom Summer : how race realigned Mississippi politics, 1965-1986 / Chris Danielson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Danielson, Chris
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2011], ©2011.
Series:New perspectives on the history of the South.
Subjects:
Mississippi Freedom Project > Influence.
African Americans > Mississippi > Politics and government > 20th century.
African American politicians > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Political participation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Black Politics in Mississippi to 1965
  • Plates of Silver, Plates of Mud : 1965-1970
  • Gubernatorial Fantasies and Gradual Gains
  • Fused But Not Healed
  • Reapportionment : Giving Clark Some Company
  • The Class of 1979 and the Second Generation of Black Political Power
  • Lead into Gold? : The Alchemy of County Redistricting
  • City Wards and Jacksonian Democracy
  • The Delta District and the Continuing Politics of Race
  • Epilogue: Javitses into Eastlands, Eastlands into Barbours.