Why White Liberals Fail: Race and Southern Politics from FDR to Trump

Why White Liberals Fail: Race and Southern Politics from FDR to Trump
ISBN-10
0674242343
ISBN-13
9780674242340
Category
History
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2022
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Anthony J. Badger

Description

Anthony Badger explains why liberal campaigns for race-neutral economic policies failed to win over white Southerners. When federal programs did not deliver the economic benefits that white Southerners expected, the appeal of biracial politics was supplanted by the values-based lure of conservative Republicans.

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