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Stepping Stones and Boundary Lines: Southern Democrats and Federal Urban Policy222 views
Author
Cammeron, Malcolm, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Cammeron, Malcolm, History, University of Virginia
Abstract
Southern Democrats wielded outsized power in Congress for several decades during the twentieth century and thus shaped innumerable federal programs and policies. This thesis examines the involvement of several southern Democrats in the development of federal urban programs between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. It suggests southern legislators played an integral role in urban legislation during the period and used the programs to aid their working-class and middle-class white constituents, modernize racial apartheid, and thwart Black activism.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
Built Environment; Southern Democrats; Public Housing; Urban Renewal
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Cammeron, Malcolm. Stepping Stones and Boundary Lines: Southern Democrats and Federal Urban Policy. University of Virginia, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2021-05-14, https://doi.org/10.18130/0zd3-mg19.
