Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change

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Mercer University Press, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 574 pages
Reprint of the Simon & Schuster edition originally published in 1993. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Standing with the People
11
The Legacy of Pitchfork Ben 18701928
18
On the Move 19291937
37
Insulation Against the Turmoil 19381946
53
Making Choices 1947
93
Irreversible Course January 1948June 1948
126
Candidate by Default July 1948December 1948
154
In the Shadow of the Court 19491953
194
The Center Cannot Hold 19651970
361
19711979
412
A Man Redeemed a Life Remembered 19801992
446
Abbreviations Used in Source Notes
483
Notes
485
Bibliography
531
Acknowledgments
538
Index
541

The Year of Precedents 1954
239
Resistance and Resolve 19551960
268
Breakthrough 19611964
313
Picture Credits
559
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Page 244 - Segregation with the sanction of law, therefore, has a tendency to retard the educational and mental development of Negro children and to deprive them of some of the benefits they would receive in a racially integrated school system.
Page 252 - We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Page 251 - Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation...
Page 343 - I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream...
Page 244 - Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law; for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the Negro group.
Page 343 - I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Page 252 - To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
Page 313 - Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Page 313 - Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage...
Page 343 - I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.