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Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era
This book is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-twentieth-century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics, and civil rights activism. Beginning in the 1930s, Max Krochmal tells the story of the decades-long struggle for democracy in Texas, when African American, Mexican American, and white labor and community activists gradually came together to empower the state's marginalized minorities. At the ballot box and in the streets, these diverse activists demanded not only integration but economic justice, labor rights, and real political power for all. Their efforts gave rise to the Democratic Coalition of the 1960s, a militant, multiracial alliance that would take on and eventually overthrow both Jim Crow and Juan Crow.
Using rare archival sources and original oral history interviews, Krochmal reveals the often-overlooked democratic foundations and liberal tradition of one of our nation's most conservative states. Blue Texas remembers the many forgotten activists who, by crossing racial lines and building coalitions, democratized their cities and state to a degree that would have been unimaginable just a decade earlier--and it shows why their story still matters today.
Using rare archival sources and original oral history interviews, Krochmal reveals the often-overlooked democratic foundations and liberal tradition of one of our nation's most conservative states. Blue Texas remembers the many forgotten activists who, by crossing racial lines and building coalitions, democratized their cities and state to a degree that would have been unimaginable just a decade earlier--and it shows why their story still matters today.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2020
- Pages: 552
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 1.23in - 1.85lb
- EAN: 9781469661513
- Categories: • United States - State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)• Political Process - Political Parties• Civil Rights
About the Author
Krochmal, Max: - Max Krochmal is associate professor of history and the founding chair of the Department of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University.
Praise for this book
It would be hard to find a more timely book about Texas political history than this dive into the coalition-building that brought together African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Anglo progressives and labor activists.--Austin American-Statesman
A historical blueprint for Texas activists. . . . [This] history of multiracial civil rights movements in Texas offers lessons for progressives in the age of Trump, one of which is that demography is not necessarily destiny.--Texas Observer
Timely because of the parallels that can be drawn from the past to contemporary issues. . . . A wealth of information for students of social movements and political history. Highly recommended.--Choice
A springboard for sharing new and desperately needed information. Bubbling over with long-forgotten names, events, and facts, this archive of Texas history will be dog-eared in advance and in hindsight of many elections to come.--Fort Worth Weekly
A fine accomplishment, and an important addition to our understanding of the struggle for the most basic Civil Rights in [Texas].--Lone Star Book Reviews
Krochmal is an excellent writer, and his book is simply an enjoyable read.--Southwestern Historical Quarterly
A remarkable accomplishment in both breadth and depth of narrative and in its analytical reach.--Western Historical Quarterly
An amazingly well researched contribution to comparative racial, labor, and ethnic studies and must be read by historians of Texas, labor, Mexican American, and African American history.--American Historical Review
Krochmal provides solid analysis and consistent optimism in his 421-page work. His use of sixty-six of his own oral histories, as well as many archival ones, makes Blue Texas a wonderful read.--Oral History Review
Rewrites the history of the modern civil rights movement, organized labor, and modern southern politics... expanding both the geography and the scope of the 'long civil rights movement...'--Journal of Southern History