New Politics in the Old South : Ernest F. Hollings in the Civil Rights Era / David T. Ballantyne.

Author
Ballantyne, David T. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]
Description
xii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    This is a biography of Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, a key figure in South Carolina and national political developments in the second half of the twentieth century. Throughout his career Hollings was known for his willingness to voice unpleasant truths, as when he called for the peaceful acceptance of racial desegregation at Clemson University in 1963 and acknowledged the existence of widespread poverty and malnutrition in South Carolina in 1969. The author uses Hollings's career as a lens for examining the upheaval in southern politics and society after World War II.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-197) and index.
    Contents
    • From Charleston to Columbia
    • Segregation with "dignity?"
    • Hollings, the Kennedys, and Democratic decline in South Carolina
    • Backlash
    • Hunger, USA
    • A "common-sense, realistic, South Carolina Democrat."
    ISBN
    • 9781611177039 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 1611177030 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016047767
    OCLC
    949866228
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