Republicans and Race: The Gop's Frayed Relationship with African Americans, 1945-1974

by Timothy N. Thurber

Book Overview

Skeptics might rationalize that Mitt Romney received a scant 6 percent of the black vote in 2012 only because African Americans would naturally favor one of their own. But since 1964, no Republican presidential candidate has attracted more than 15 percent of the black electorate, and few GOP candidates for other offices have fared much better. No segment of the American electorate is more reliably Democratic than African Americans. The GOP, meanwhile,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619380
• ISBN13: 9780700619382
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"