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Why African Americans left the Republican Party
"This decline can be attributed to a general upswing in Lily-White challenges across the South – initiated with President Herbert Hoover’s blessing ."
broadstreet.blog/2020/09/14/the…
"This decline can be attributed to a general upswing in Lily-White challenges across the South – initiated with President Herbert Hoover’s blessing ."
broadstreet.blog/2020/09/14/the…
Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Alabama
Part II - Southern Republican Party Politics at the State Level
"In four former Confederate states, the Lily-White movement not only succeeded in taking control of the local Republican party organization but subsequently used ...
Part II - Southern Republican Party Politics at the State Level
"In four former Confederate states, the Lily-White movement not only succeeded in taking control of the local Republican party organization but subsequently used ...
... this control to exclude blacks from participating in the party either entirely (North Carolina and Alabama) or nearly so (Virginia and Texas)."
(Cc: @ChrisALadd @CharlesMBlow @princellasmith @RosyShepherdess @bpmgrod @SonnieJohnson @AlsoACarpenter @KevinMKruse @drantbradley )
(Cc: @ChrisALadd @CharlesMBlow @princellasmith @RosyShepherdess @bpmgrod @SonnieJohnson @AlsoACarpenter @KevinMKruse @drantbradley )
