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Farewell to the Party of Lincoln Paperback – November 1, 1983

by Nancy Joan Weiss (Author)
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This book examines a remarkable political phenomenon--the dramatic shift of black voters from the Republican to the Democratic party in the 1930s, a shift all the more striking in light of the Democrats' indifference to racial concerns. Nancy J. Weiss shows that blacks became Democrats in response to the economic benefits of the New Deal and that they voted for Franklin Roosevelt in spite of the New Deal's lack of a substantive record on race.


By their support for FDR blacks forged a political commitment to the Democratic party that has lasted to our own time. The last group to join the New Deal coalition, they have been the group that remained the most loyal to the Democratic party. This book explains the sources of their commitment in the 1930s. It stresses the central role of economic concerns in shaping black political behavior and clarifies both the New Deal record on race and the extraordinary relationship between black voters and the Roosevelts.

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    Princeton University Press
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    November 1, 1983
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0691101515
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0691101514
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"An excellent piece of work that will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the New Deal as well as the experience of black Americans during the 1930s."--William H. Chafe, Duke University

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"An excellent piece of work that will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the New Deal as well as the experience of black Americans during the 1930s."―William H. Chafe, Duke University

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press (November 1, 1983)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691101515
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691101514
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Robert Fishman
4.0 out of 5 stars Should have continued past the New Deal
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I enjoyed Professor Weiss' discussion of how Black voters began to shift their allegiances from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party during the New Deal. What I found particularly interesting was that in 1932, even as just about every other group was running away from Herbert Hoover, Black voters continued to be loyal to him. I suppose that Black suspicion of Democrats at that time was quite deep, so much as to stay with a (rightly or wrongly) widely discredited incumbent. Professor Weiss then discusses how FDR had to tread very lightly on the issue of civil rights, so as not to alienate Southern Democrats, who controlled key Congressional committees, and who were a major Democratic constituency (in this way, FDR was the real architect of the "Southern Strategy," even though liberals seem to want everyone to forget this). Nevertheless, Blacks became more supportive of FDR as his Presidency continued. While I think Professor Weiss does a good job with the time period that she discusses, she should really have looked at Black voting patterns after the New Deal, going all the way into the mid 1960s. For example, many (though not most) Blacks were voting Republican during the Eisenhower Administration. Moreover, a number of prominent Black leaders initially endorsed Richard Nixon's 1960 Presidential candidacy (though some of them later switched their support to John F. Kennedy). In many ways, it was Lyndon Johnson's signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (whose passage would have been impossible without the support of most Congressional Republicans), coupled with the Presidential candidacy of Sen. Barry Goldwater (a principled opponent of the Civil Rights Act, but no racist) that pushed the vast majority (close to 90%) of Black voters into the Democratic Party.
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