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050	0	0	_aE842.1 _b.N57 2003
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100	1		_aNiven, David, _d1971- _eauthor. _9255501
245	1	4	_aThe politics of injustice : _bthe Kennedys, the freedom rides, and the electoral consequences of a moral compromise / _cDavid Niven.
264		1	_aKnoxville : _bUniversity of Tennessee Press, _c[2003]
264		4	_c©2003
300			_axvii, 269 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tWho Would Get the Stitches? The Political Foundation of John F. Kennedy -- _g2. _tLooking for the Promise of America in a Bus Station: The Freedom Rides and the Kennedys, 1961 -- _g3. _tThe Solid South Has Cracked: The Evolution of the Democratic Party's Base -- _g4. _t"We Thank Jack, Bob, and God": The Burgeoning Connection between Civil Rights and the Kennedys -- _g5. _t"Good Men Do Not Go Half Way with Evil": The Value of Compromise on a Moral Issue -- _g6. _tPassion and Compromise: Lessons Then and Now -- _gApp. _tPolitical Enthusiasm of Pro- and Anti-Civil Rights "Carers," 1960.
520	1		_a"While most historians accept JFK's "moderation" on civil rights as politically prudent, David Niven now argues that Kennedy failed to recognize the political perils of his indifference to civil rights - that a stronger stance would have been not only morally right but also politically expedient. Niven contends that the Kennedy administration's position on civil rights marked a failure to recognize the depth of the connection voters made between Kennedy, the Democratic party, and the civil rights movement, as well as a failure to recognize the importance of the African American voting bloc in the long run." "Niven explores how the Freedom Rides set a pattern for JFK's reaction to the civil rights movement, and how the president tried to make a half-hearted stand for civil rights while shoring up his support among segregationist white southern Democrats. Drawing on voting data, public opinion polls, and a shrewd analysis of the existing literature, he shows that Kennedy and his advisors - including Attorney General Robert Kennedy - had ample evidence to recognize that the old Democratic Solid South would soon be lost and that they should court the African American vote and the white liberal vote outside the South."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
600	1	0	_aKennedy, John F. _q(John Fitzgerald), _d1917-1963 _9312653
600	1	0	_aKennedy, Robert F., _d1925-1968 _9418013
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xCivil rights _zSouthern States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCivil rights movements _zSouthern States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitics, Practical _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aSouthern States _xPolitics and government _y1951- _9500991
651		0	_aSouthern States _xRace relations _xPolitical aspects _9784083
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1961-1963 _9500992
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