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Author:

Krochmal, Max, author.

Title:

Blue Texas : the making of a multiracial Democratic coalition in the Civil Rights era / Max Krochmal.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

pages cm.

Subject:

Electoral coalitions--Texas--History--20th century.
Minorities--History--Texas--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Texas--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Political activity--Texas.
Political participation--Texas--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Texas--History--20th century.
Texas--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

People are power: the mass uprising and the maverick coalition -- Segregation is an economic problem: black workers win the right to vote -- Forcing us together in self-defense: the Cold War, the black vote and the liberal movement -- Minorities combine: G.J. Sutton, Albert Pena, and the Democrats of Texas -- Unions are needed so desperately here: the rebirth of the labor movement and the seeds of the Bexar coalition -- We shall be heard: rights in black and brown from the sit-ins to Viva Kennedy -- Trying to reach substantially unanimous agreement on limited political targets: the "Latin vote" and the first democratic coalition -- Separating the wheat from the chaff: intra-racial divides beget inter-racial unity -- They'll never separate us again: the multiracial democratic coalition on the march -- New power for the Texas minorities: winning the battles, losing the war.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

ISBN:

1469626756
9781469626758

OCLC:

(OCoLC)936687519

LCCN:

2016004007

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)