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Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race
Kevin J. McMahon
其他書名
How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown
出版
University of Chicago Press
, 2010-02-15
主題
Social Science / General
Social Science / Discrimination
History / United States / 20th Century
ISBN
0226561127
9780226561127
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tngggxxuy6sC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial role in the Supreme Court's increasing commitment to racial equality—which culminated in its landmark decision in
Brown v. Board of Education
.
McMahon shows how FDR's attempt to strengthen the presidency and undermine the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. By appointing a majority of rights-based liberals deferential to presidential power, Roosevelt ensured that the Supreme Court would be receptive to civil rights claims, especially when those claims had the support of the executive branch.