The Man in the Middle: Richard B. Russell, Jr. and the Burgeoning Realignment of the Democratic Party Público
Drucker, Aaron C. (2012)
Abstract
This thesis examines three critical moments that illuminate the
fissures erupting within the
Democratic Party prior to the 1948 Dixiecrat revolt. It does so by
focusing on Georgia Senator
Richard B. Russell, Jr. and his role in opposing three
controversial civil rights bills: President
Roosevelt's bill to reorganize the federal judiciary and his
ensuing attempt to purge southern
conservatives from the Democratic Party, the Wagner-Van Nuys
anti-lynching bill, and
legislation regarding the permanent establishment of a Fair
Employment Practices Commission.
Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1: Franklin Roosevelt's Court-Packing and Purge
Schemes.........................................................5
Chapter 2: Opposition to the Anti-Lynching
Campaign.........................................................................15
Chapter 3: Harbinger of Change: The
FEPC........................................................................................30
Conclusion....................................................................................................................................41
Bibliography.................................................................................................................................46
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