Strom Thurmond’s America. by Joseph Crespino; Hill Wang. Strom Thurmond, one-time presidential candidate for the “Dixiecrat” Party and longtime filibustering segregationist U.S. senator, came to be seen as a toothless anachronism by the time he died in , at age Even though the revelation that this once virulent opponent of what he termed “race-mixing” had fathered a mixed-race Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. · As Joseph Crespino approaches the end of this biography of Strom Thurmond, he shows signs of softening toward the senator from South Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. · “Strom Thurmond's America is at once a captivating portrait of an important national figure and a nuanced and provocative rethinking of recent American political history. Joseph Crespino handles Thurmond's personal story with great aplomb and persuasively reframes the late senator as a pivotal character in modern American politics.”Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
The value of this book lies in Crespino's linkage of Strom Thurmond's racism to his classism. Opposed to racial equality and justice, Thurmond also denounced labor unions, worker protection and safety legislation, and Great Society programs, while never failing to advocate for military spending, big business subsidies, and deregulation. Crespino encompasses a vast sweep of twentieth-century political history in America through his depiction of Thurmond's life and times. Thurmond was first elected to public office in —when. "Do not forget that 'skill and integrity' are the keys to success." This was the last piece of advice on a list Will Thurmond gave his son Strom in The younger Thurmond would keep the words in mind throughout his long and colorful career as one of the South's last race-baiting demagogues and a.
Strom Thurmond’s America. by Joseph Crespino; Hill Wang. Strom Thurmond, one-time presidential candidate for the “Dixiecrat” Party and longtime filibustering segregationist U.S. senator, came to be seen as a toothless anachronism by the time he died in , at age Even though the revelation that this once virulent opponent of what he termed “race-mixing” had fathered a mixed-race child decades earlier raised eyebrows, it was largely shrugged off. As Joseph Crespino approaches the end of this biography of Strom Thurmond, he shows signs of softening toward the senator from South Carolina known primarily during his long career for racism. Crespino's argument is that Strom is not some symbol from a bygone era; he is one of the founders of the New Right whose politicians share Strom's p It's not black and white or hagiography. One thinks of his strict segregation beliefs and reactionary politics and his biracial daughter, but Strom was once a New Dealer and a huge supporter of Roosevelt, i.e., Big government.
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