Reconsidering Roosevelt on race how the presidency paved the road to Brown

Reconsidering Roosevelt on race : how the presidency paved the road to Brown / Kevin J. McMahon.

Author/creator	McMahon, Kevin J.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press,
Description	x, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 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 --United States --History --20th century. United States--Race relations --Political aspects. United States--Politics and government --1933-1945.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2003008350
ISBN	0226500861 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226500888 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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