McMahon, Kevin J.
Reconsidering Roosevelt on race how the presidency paved the road to Brown / [electronic resource] : Kevin J. McMahon. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. - x, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.
The day they drove old Dixie down -- The incongruities of reform : rights-centered liberalism and legal realism in the early New Deal years -- FDR's constitutional vision and the defeat of the court-packing plan : the modern presidency and the enemies of institutional reform -- Approving legislation for the people, preserving liberties--almost rewriting laws : the politics of creating the Roosevelt court -- A constitutional purge : Southern democracy, lynch law, and the Roosevelt Justice Department -- The commitment continues : Truman, Eisenhower, and the civil rights decisions -- The road the court trod.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Relations with African Americans.
United States. Supreme Court --History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--20th century.
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Electronic books.
E807 / .M38 2004eb
323.1/196073/009043
Reconsidering Roosevelt on race how the presidency paved the road to Brown / [electronic resource] : Kevin J. McMahon. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. - x, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.
The day they drove old Dixie down -- The incongruities of reform : rights-centered liberalism and legal realism in the early New Deal years -- FDR's constitutional vision and the defeat of the court-packing plan : the modern presidency and the enemies of institutional reform -- Approving legislation for the people, preserving liberties--almost rewriting laws : the politics of creating the Roosevelt court -- A constitutional purge : Southern democracy, lynch law, and the Roosevelt Justice Department -- The commitment continues : Truman, Eisenhower, and the civil rights decisions -- The road the court trod.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Relations with African Americans.
United States. Supreme Court --History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--20th century.
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Electronic books.
E807 / .M38 2004eb
323.1/196073/009043