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Showdown at the 1964 Democratic Convention: Lyndon Johnson, Mississippi and Civil Rights

Showdown at the 1964 Democratic Convention: Lyndon Johnson, Mississippi and Civil Rights

Skipper, John C.

Paperback

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0786461616
ISBN13: 9780786461615
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 3 2012
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In the summer of 1964, three forces converged at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, each with the potential to shake the moorings of traditional democracy: the all-white segregationist delegation from Mississippi, a mostly black delegation determined to unseat the segregationists, and President Lyndon Johnson, who had signed the civil rights bill but wanted to avoid trouble that could jeopardize his chances of carrying the South in the November election. These groups struggled to reach a compromise that in the end epitomized sheer political power and its consequences. By examining the motivations of those involved, this work explores how American politics and the civil rights movement clashed at the convention, how the federal government felt compelled to spy on its own people for purely political purposes, and how this interlude changed the political landscape for generations.

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