The Modern Presidency and Civil Rights: Rhetoric on Race from Roosevelt to Nixon

by Garth E. Pauley

Every president since Franklin Roosevelt has confronted civil rights issues during his tenure in the White House, and most have faced intense demands to speak publicly about the nation's racial problems and possible solutions. Indeed, modern American presidents have become a major focal point for the civil rights struggle. In The Modern Presidency and Civil Rights, Garth E. Pauley examines modern presidents' communicative and symbolic involvement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585441074
• ISBN13: 9781585441075
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"