Loneliness of the Black Republican (eBook)

Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power

Leah Wright Rigueur (Autor)

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2014
432 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5243-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Leah Wright Rigueur is assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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The story of black conservatives in the Republican Party from the New Deal to Ronald ReaganCovering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials, and politicians, from the era of the New Deal to Ronald Reagan's presidential ascent in 1980. Their unique stories reveal African Americans fighting for an alternative economic and civil rights movement-even as the Republican Party appeared increasingly hostile to that very idea. Black party members attempted to influence the direction of conservatism-not to destroy it, but rather to expand the ideology to include black needs and interests.As racial minorities in their political party and as political minorities within their community, black Republicans occupied an irreconcilable position-they were shunned by African American communities and subordinated by the GOP. In response, black Republicans vocally, and at times viciously, critiqued members of their race and party, in an effort to shape the attitudes and public images of black citizens and the GOP. And yet, there was also a measure of irony to black Republicans' "e;loneliness"e;: at various points, factions of the Republican Party, such as the Nixon administration, instituted some of the policies and programs offered by black party members. What's more, black Republican initiatives, such as the fair housing legislation of senator Edward Brooke, sometimes garnered support from outside the Republican Party, especially among the black press, Democratic officials, and constituents of all races. Moving beyond traditional liberalism and conservatism, black Republicans sought to address African American racial experiences in a distinctly Republican way.The Loneliness of the Black Republican provides a new understanding of the interaction between African Americans and the Republican Party, and the seemingly incongruous intersection of civil rights and American conservatism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.12.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Politics and Society in Modern America
• Reihe/Serie: Politics and Society in Modern America
• Zusatzinfo: 6 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: activism • Adviser • Affirmative Action • African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) • African American needs • African Americans • Afro-American Republicans • Amendment • American conservatism • American political history • american public • americans • American social history • anti-civil rights • Appointee • Autonomy • ballot • Barry Goldwater • black activists • Black Cabinet • black capitalism • black concern • black conservatism • black electorate • black middle-class • black officials • black people • black politicians • Black Power • black Republican groups • black Republicans • Black school • black vote • black voters • candidate • Capitalism • chairman • Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • civil rights acts • Clarence Thomas • Congressional Black Caucus • Criticism • Democratic liberalism • Democratic voting bloc • Democrats • desegregation • Discrimination • Economic Inequality • Edward Brooke • Elaine Jenkins • Employment • Equality • Equal Opportunity • Franklin Roosevelt • George H. W. Bush • goldwater • GOP • Government • Grand Old Party • Great Society • hostility • howard university • Ideology • incumbent • Individual and group rights • Individualism • Institution • interracial audience • Jackie Robinson • John F. Kennedy • Legislation • Liberalism • Limited Government • Lyndon B. Johnson • Manifesto • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Mary Louise Smith (Republican Party leader) • Midterm election • minority group • moderate • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • National Black Republican Council • National Negro Republican Assembly • National Urban League • NBRC • NCCAAR • Nelson Rockefeller • New Deal • New Negro • NNRA • Nomination • Outreach • Party leader • Political Campaign • Political influence • Political Party • Political Science • Political suicide • Politician • Politics • Poverty • pragmatic ideology • presidential library • presidential nominee • Racial Equality • racial inequality • Racial politics • Racial segregation • Racism • Radicalism (historical) • Reactionary • Republicanism • Republican National Committee • republican national convention • Republican Party • Republican Party (United States) • respectability politics • Richard Nixon • right-wing politics • rnc • Rockefeller Republican • Ronald Reagan • Roy Wilkins • segregationist appeals • Shirley Chisholm • silent majority • Social Inequality • Social Justice • Southern strategy • Strom Thurmond • Subversion • Suffrage • THE CHICAGO DEFENDER • The New York Times • The Politician (book) • two-party system • Unemployment • Voting • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • welfare • white heirarchies • white politicians • white reactionary Republicans • white Republicans • white southern conservatives • white southerners • white supremacy • Working Class • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5243-9 / 1400852439
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5243-7 / 9781400852437