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Lädt ... The Walls of Jericho : Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rightsvon Robert Mann
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 4518. The Walls of Jericho Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, and the Struggle for Civil Rights, by Robert Mann (read 21 Dec 2008) This is a fantastically absorbing account of the effort to pass civil rights legislation in the 1950's and 1960's, concentrating on the careers in that regard of the three men named in the subtitle. The author has worked for Senators Russell Long and John Breaux, and knows what goes on on Capitol Hill and how to determine what went on. I think this is the best book on its subject--the Senate and civil rights--I have ever read. Really a masterful job went into this book. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"Hubert Humphrey: the idealistic firebrand who electrified the 1948 Democratic convention and relentlessly championed civil rights for more than twenty years. Lyndon Johnson: the wily, pragmatic Senate majority leader who resisted calls for civil rights but eventually, as president, became the driving force behind the monumental 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act. And Richard Russell: the passionate conservative senator from Georgia who vainly defended a dying segregationist way of life." "Their personal and political lives strangely and inextricably intertwined, these three stood at the center of the storm during the legislative battles to establish American civil and voting rights. Drawing on rich archival materials and on interviews with participants and witnesses, Robert Mann has written an unforgettable account of the intrigue, the compromises, the friendships, and the rivalries of these three powerful men and their complex relationships with other members of the Senate, including Everett Dirksen, Paul Douglas, John F. Kennedy, Albert Gore Sr., John Stennis, and James O. Eastland. It is a classically American story about the perseverance, eloquence, duplicity, and genius of different men in pursuit of different goals - and the battered triumph of tolerance, fairness, and justice."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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