Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Winning while losing, civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama, edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White

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Includes bibliographical references

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non fiction

Winning while losing

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edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White

The Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency

civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama

Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination

Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / John D. Skrentny -- African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Mary Frances Berry -- Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Robert C. Smith -- Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / Charles L. Zelden -- George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Steven F. Lawson -- Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Thomas Borstelmann

Winning While Losing: Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency From Nixon to Obama