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  • Deep South Democrats

    Paradoxical Politics in the Age of Civil Rights

    Series series Making the Modern South
    James O. Heath’s Deep South Democrats is the story of three men who redefined the southern political landscape through unique voting records in health, housing, labor, and education. Olin Johnston of South Carolina and John Sparkman and Lister Hill of Alabama contributed to the massive impact of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the southern states, though the reforms didn’t affect just their ... Leer más

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  • To Face Down Dixie

    South Carolina's War on the Supreme Court in the Age of Civil Rights

    In an era during which the United States Supreme Court handed down some of its most important decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Baker v. Carr (1962), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966), three senators from South Carolina—Olin Johnston, Strom Thurmond, and Ernest “Fritz” Hollings—waged war on the court’s progressive agenda by targeting the federal judicial nominations process. To ... Leer más

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  • To Make Men Free

    A History of the Republican Party

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Democracy Awakening**, the paradoxical evolution of the Republican Party—founded to give the poor equal opportunity, but too often aligned with the country's elites.****"The most comprehensive account of the GOP and its competing impulses.” —**Los Angeles TimesWhen Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on ... ... Leer más

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  • Protest at Selma

    Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A thorough and insightful account of the historic 1965 civil rights protest at Selma, Alabama, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography Bearing the CrossVivid descriptions of violence and courageous acts fill David Garrow's account of the momentous 1965 protest at Selma, Alabama, in which the author illuminates the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in organizing the demonstrations that ... Leer más

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  • Brown v. Board of Education

    A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy

    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another ... Leer más

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  • One Person, One Vote

    A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America

    de Nick Seabrook ...
    A redistricting crisis is upon us. This surprising, compelling book tells the history of how we got to this moment—from the Founding Fathers to today’s high-tech manipulation of election districts—and shows us how to protect our most sacred, hard-fought principle of one person, one vote. Here is THE book on gerrymandering for citizens, politicians, journalists, activists, and voters.“Seabrook’s ... Leer más

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  • Our Unfinished March

    The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan

    A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late—from the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fightVoting is our most important right as Americans—“the right that protects all the others,” as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting ... Leer más

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  • An Idea Whose Time Has Come

    Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The story of the behind-the-scenes political battle to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "Excellent . . . a highly readable play-by-play." — The AtlanticIt was a turbulent time in America—a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington, and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door—when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public ... Leer más

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  • Calvin Coolidge

    The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929

    Series series The American Presidents
    The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership.He was known as "Silent Cal." Buttoned up and tight-lipped, Calvin Coolidge seemed out of place as the leader of a nation plunging headlong into the modern era. His six years in office were a time of flappers, speakeasies, and a stock market boom, but his focus ... Leer más

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  • American Tax Resisters

    “The American taxpayer”—angered by government waste and satisfied only with spending cuts—has preoccupied elected officials and political commentators since the Reagan Revolution. But resistance to progressive taxation has older, deeper roots. American Tax Resisters presents the full history of the American anti-tax movement that has defended the pursuit of limited taxes on wealth and battled ... Leer más

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  • Grand Old Party

    A History of the Republicans

    From Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War through the disputed election of George W. Bush and beyond, the Republican Party has been at the dramatic center of American politics for 150 years. In Grand Old Party, the first comprehensive history of the Republicans in 40 years, Lewis L. Gould traces the evolution of the Grand Old Party from its emergence as an antislavery coalition in the 1850s to its ... Leer más

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  • Turning Point

    A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age

    de Jimmy Carter ...
    “A yarn of corruption, demagogy, and Southern charm worthy of Robert Penn Warren.”—The Washington PostFormer President Jimmy Carter shares his personal tale of political intrigue and social conflict during his first campaign for public office. He illuminates the origins of his commitment to human rights and bears further witness to the accomplishments of an extraordinary man. ... Leer más

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