The Outstanding Record Of Senator Jim Eastland
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The Outstanding Record Of Senator Jim Eastland
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953*
The Outstanding Record Of Senator Jim Eastland written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953* with Mississippi categories.
Big Jim Eastland
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Author : J. Lee Annis Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2016-07-21
Big Jim Eastland written by J. Lee Annis Jr. and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For decades after the Second World War, Senator James O. Eastland (1904–1986) was one of the more intransigent leaders of the Deep South's resistance to what he called “the Second Reconstruction.” And yet he developed, late in his life, a very real friendship with state NAACP chair Aaron Henry. Big Jim Eastland provides the life story of this savvy, unpredictable powerhouse. From 1947 to 1978, Eastland wore that image of resistance proudly, even while recognizing from the beginning his was the losing side. Biographer J. Lee Annis Jr. chronicles such complexities extensively and also delves into many facets lesser known to the general public. Born in the Mississippi Delta as part of the elite planter class, Eastland was appointed to the US Senate in 1941 by Democratic Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr. Eastland ran for and won the Senate seat outright in 1942 and served in the Senate from 1943 until his retirement in 1978. A blunt man of few words but many contradictions, Eastland was an important player in Washington, from his initial stint in 1941 where he rapidly salvaged several key local projects from bungling intervention, to the 1970s when he shepherded the Supreme Court nominees of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford to Senate confirmation. Annis paints a full picture of the man, describing the objections Eastland raised to civil rights proposals and the eventual accommodations he needed to accept after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Senator James Eastland
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Author : Maarten Zwiers
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Senator James Eastland written by Maarten Zwiers and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with History categories.
In the years following World War II, the national Democratic Party aligned its agenda more and more with the goals of the civil rights movement. By contrast, a majority of southern Democrats remained as committed as ever to a traditional, segregationist ideology. Through the career of Senator James Eastland, one of the mid-century's most prominent politicians, author Maarten Zwiers explores the uneasy, yet mutually beneficial relationship between conservative southerners and the increasingly liberal party to which they belonged. Mississippi Democrat James "Big Jim" Eastland began an influential four-decade career in the United States Senate in 1941, ultimately rising to become president pro tempore of the Senate, a position that placed him third in the line of presidential succession. His reputation for toughness developed from his unfailing and ruthless opposition to greater civil rights and his concern over the global spread of communism, as he believed participants in the two movements were working together to undermine the American way of life. Zwiers contends that despite Eastland's extreme positions, he still managed to maintain influence through productive relationships with his Senate colleagues-liberal as well as conservative. Though the progressive wing of the Democratic Party continued to push for stronger civil rights legislation, they valued compromise with southern senators like Eastland in order to ensure support from a region the Democrats could ill afford to lose. While Eastland's campaigning rhetoric was inflammatory, his ability to operate within the national political structure by leveraging moderate concessions contributed to his lengthy and effective career. Drawing on recently opened archival records, Maarten Zwiers offers a nuanced portrait of a man frequently portrayed as a southern zealot. Senator James Eastland provides a case study of the complicated relationship between party and party members that allowed Democrats to maintain power in the South for much of the twentieth century.
The Senator And The Sharecropper
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Author : Chris Myers Asch
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
The Senator And The Sharecropper written by Chris Myers Asch and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
In this fascinating study of race, politics, and economics in Mississippi, Chris Myers Asch tells the story of two extraordinary personalities--Fannie Lou Hamer and James O. Eastland--who represented deeply opposed sides of the civil rights movement. Both
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Appropriations
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Appropriations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Finance, Public categories.
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Law categories.
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Public Works
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Hearings Reports And Prints Of The Senate Committee On Public Works written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Legislative hearings categories.
Nomination Of Arthur J Goldberg
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
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Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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Delta Epiphany
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Author : Ellen B. Meacham
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2018-04-02
Delta Epiphany written by Ellen B. Meacham and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-02 with History categories.
In April 1967, a year before his run for president, Senator Robert F. Kennedy knelt in a crumbling shack in Mississippi trying to coax a response from a listless child. The toddler sat picking at dried rice and beans spilled over the dirt floor as Kennedy, former US attorney general and brother to a president, touched the boy's distended stomach and stroked his face and hair. After several minutes with little response, the senator walked out the back door, wiping away tears. In Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi, Ellen B. Meacham tells the story of Kennedy's visit to the Delta, while also examining the forces of history, economics, and politics that shaped the lives of the children he met in Mississippi in 1967 and the decades that followed. The book includes thirty-seven powerful photographs, a dozen published here for the first time. Kennedy's visit to the Mississippi Delta as part of a Senate subcommittee investigation of poverty programs lasted only a few hours, but Kennedy, the people he encountered, Mississippi, and the nation felt the impact of that journey for much longer. His visit and its aftermath crystallized many of the domestic issues that later moved Kennedy toward his candidacy for the presidency. Upon his return to Washington, Kennedy immediately began seeking ways to help the children he met on his visit; however, his efforts were frustrated by institutional obstacles and blocked by powerful men who were indifferent and, at times, hostile to the plight of poor black children. Sadly, we know what happened to Kennedy, but this book also introduces us to three of the children he met on his visit, including the baby on the floor, and finishes their stories. Kennedy talked about what he had seen in Mississippi for the remaining fourteen months of his life. His vision for America was shaped by the plight of the hungry children he encountered there.