Southern Governors and civil rights : racial segregation as a campaign issue in the second Reconstruction.

"This book offers a systematic, comprehensive analysis of the rise and partial decline of racial segregation as an issue in southern electoral politics throughout the entire South over the past quarter century. The first comparative examination of a white political elite, the study draws upon an extraordinary breadth of data: 80 governorships, over 250 candidates, six "waves" of elections for each of the eleven southern states from 1950 to 1973"--Front flap PREFACE CONTENTS TABLES FIGURES PART ONE. Introduction 1. The Scope of the Study 2. The Analytic Framework PART TWO. Historical Perspectives 3. Candidates, Campaigns, and Racial Segregation before 1954 4. The Deep South States and Racial Segregation 5. The Peripheral South States and Racial Segregation PART THREE. Racial Segregation and the Southern Electoral Process 6. The Major Candidates 7. The Democratic First Primary 8. The Democratic Second Primary 9. The General Election 10. The Governors PART FOUR. Conclusion 11. Explaining Racial Change in Southern Electoral Politics Appendixes. Notes. Index Appendix A. Classification of Individual Candidates Appendix B. Determining the Gore Segregationist Vote Notes Index Black Earl : Earl Black is Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Political Science at Rice University.