Making Minnesota liberal [electronic resource] : civil rights and the transformation of the Democratic Party / Jennifer A. Delton.
Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.Description: xxvi 226 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s):- Democratic Party (Minn.) -- History -- 20th century
- Liberalism -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century
- Political parties -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Racism -- Political aspects -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1858-1950
- Minnesota -- Race relations -- Political aspects
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- F606 .D45 2002eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-222) and index.
The rise and fall of the Farmer-Labor Party -- The new two-party liberalism -- Antiracism and the politics of unity -- The Black communities in Minnesota -- An independent Black interest group -- Civil rights in local politics -- Civil rights in party politics -- The 1948 election and the triumph of the Democratic political order -- Civil rights and the fate of postwar liberalism.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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