Kari Frederickson, The Dixiecrat Revolt, chapter 5, The Dixiecrat Presidential Campaign These may be helpful in the reading for Wednesday and Friday. We pick up in this chapter just after Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright have received the States Rights Democratic nomination for president and VP. This chapter focuses on their campaign, on the […]
Roger Biles, The South and the New Deal, Chapter 7 – Southern Politics What was Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with the South? What about his background made him think he understood the South? How did the South help him get the Democratic nomination in 1932 and win the election? Why did the […]
Newspaper Assignment I would like for you to monitor a major newspaper in your assigned state on the web. I will ask you to make regular written (via e-mail or comment on the class blog) reports that I’ll review and perhaps call on you to share with the class. Summarize, in a few […]
I promised to post the Powerpoint slides from class – here is the page where they will be going. http://webs.wofford.edu/stonerp/ They're linked on this page – both Wednesday's slides and today's slides are there.