Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932-1965

by Eric Schickler

Book Overview

Few transformations in American politics have been as important as the integration of African Americans into the Democratic Party and the Republican embrace of racial policy conservatism. The story of this partisan realignment on race is often told as one in which political elites--such as Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater--set in motion a dramatic and sudden reshuffling of party positioning on racial issues during the 1960s. Racial Realignment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153884
• ISBN13: 9780691153889
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"