Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Seeking the New South; Part 1 The Traditional South; Chapter 2 Race and Poverty in the Twentieth-Century South; Chapter 3 Race, Democrats, and Old Style Southern Politics; Part 2 Toward the Two-Party South: The Rise of Southern Republicanism; Chapter 4 Out of the Closet: Southern Republicans and Presidential Elections; Chapter 5 Johnnies Come Lately: Southern Republicanism in State and Local Politics; Part 3 Civil Rights and Black Political Participation in the South; Chapter 6 “I Have a Dream”: Toward the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 7 ”We Shall Overcome”: The Politics of the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 8 “Free at Last”?: The Civil Rights Movement in Retrospect; Part 4 Political Leadership: Southern Governors; Chapter 9 Steering the Ship of State: The Southern Governorship; Chapter 10 Red Galluses No More: The Leadership of Southern Governors; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 11 The New South;

About the Author

Richard K. Scher