Why White liberals fail: race and Southern politics from FDR to Trump

Part I.A southern New Deal, 1933-1945: The New Deal: southern enthusiasm

Liberal hopes and conservative fears

Part II. Racial change, a long massive resistance, and liberal fatalism, 1945-1965: A liberal window of opportunity?

Brown and backlash

Part III. The rise and fall of biracial politics after 1965: Voting rights, a long southern strategy, and conservative accommodation

Thwarted promises of a new south.