The modern presidency & civil rights : rhetoric on race from Roosevelt to Nixon /

The modern presidency & civil rights : rhetoric on race from Roosevelt to Nixon /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pauley, Garth E., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2001]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 3.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Racial attitudes.
Presidents > United States > Language.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Political oratory > United States > History > 20th century.
Communication in politics > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Table of Contents:
  • Presidents, race, and rhetoric
  • Harry Truman and the NAACP
  • Dwight Eisenhower against the extremists
  • John F. Kennedy and the moral crisis of 1963
  • Lyndon Johnson overcomes
  • Presidential rhetoric and the civil rights era.