{"product_id":"after-freedom-summer-how-race-realigned-mississippi-politics-1965-1986-paperback","title":"After Freedom Summer: How Race Realigned Mississippi Politics, 1965-1986 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Danielson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant history of black politics and white resistance in post-civil rights era Mississippi. Danielson's work helps to fill the yawning gap in the black politics historiography between the Black Power movement and contemporary black politics. Additionally, he makes a critical contribution to the literature of the racial realignment of the two major political parties. A must-read!\"--G. Derek Musgrove, University of the District of Columbia \"A sobering account of what happened after the singing and marching stopped. Danielson's masterful analysis of Mississippi's racially divided electorate proves that, despite the election of hundreds of blacks to public office, whites still hold all the levels of political power.\"--John Dittmer, author of \u003ci\u003eLocal People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e No one disagrees that 1964--Freedom Summer--forever changed the political landscape of Mississippi. How those changes played out is the subject of Chris Danielson's fascinating new book, \u003ci\u003eAfter Freedom Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, black voter participation in Mississippi was practically zero. After twenty years, black candidates had made a number of electoral gains. Simultaneously, white resistance had manifested itself in growing Republican dominance of the state. Danielson demonstrates how race--not class or economics--was the dominant factor in white Mississippi voters' partisan realignment, even as he reveals why class and economics played a role in the tensions between the national NAACP and the local Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (an offshoot of SNCC) that limited black electoral gains. Using an impressive array of newspaper articles, legal cases, interviews, and personal papers, Danielson's work helps fill a growing lacuna in the study of post-civil rights politics in the South. Chris Danielson is associate professor of history at Montana Tech University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfirms the huge limitations of the two-party structure and the inescapability of race in the Deep South.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A sobering account of what happened after the singing and marching stopped. Danielson's masterful analysis of Mississippi's racially divided electorate proves that, despite the election of hundreds of blacks to public office, whites still hold all the levels of political power.\"--John Dittmer, author of \u003ci\u003eLocal People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e \"[Shows] that race remains at the absolute center of Mississippi politics, despite politicians' constant refuge in race-blind drivel. As such, the book is exceptionally powerful.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e \"A brilliant history of black politics and white resistance in post-civil rights era Mississippi. Danielson's work helps to fill the yawning gap in the black politics historiography between the Black Power movement and contemporary black politics. Additionally, he makes a critical contribution to the literature of the racial realignment of the two major political parties. A must-read!\" --G. Derek Musgrove, University of the District of Columbia \"A well-researched work that is essential for any student wishing to understand modern Mississippi politics.\"--\u003ci\u003eSouthern Historian\u003c\/i\u003e \"By bringing together Mississippi's diverse cast of political actors in one compelling narrative, Danielson has performed a valuable service.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Danielson is associate professor of history at Montana Tech University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274291274035,"sku":"9780813049557","price":55.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/5yxlwHm8bC9780813049557.webp?v=1776896015","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/after-freedom-summer-how-race-realigned-mississippi-politics-1965-1986-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}