Changing Southern Politics
New Interest in Elections in the South
Rise and Decline of Negro Voting Issue
Waning Power of the South in Congress
Battle lines are forming for 1966 state and congressional elections that will shed additional light on the South's changing political climate. The Solid South—that is, the solidly Democratic South—no longer exists. Since 1928, every one of the 11 states of the old Confederacy except Arkansas has voted Republican in a presidential election at least once.
Pressures from within and without have sharply altered the South's social and political structure in the past 15 years. The region is now more urban than rural, and re-apportionment of legislative and congressional districts has given the cities power they formerly lacked. Spurred by a series of federal civil rights laws, Negro voting has been rising steadily despite bitter white opposition in many areas. A new generation of southern leaders is coming to the fore as age depletes the ranks of the old guard. With some exceptions, the new leaders seem more concerned about enriching the South's future than preserving its past.
Key Contests for Congress and Governor, 1966
An unusually large number of southern governorships and U.S. Senate seats are to be filled in 1966. No fewer than 12 of the 22 incumbent senators from the 11 southern states must face the voters this year, and seven southern governors also are to be elected. Although some of these men, notably Sens. Eastland and McClellan and Gov. Connally, are virtually assured of remaining in office, most of them will encounter spirited opposition in the primaries, in the general election, or in both contests.
African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement
Jul. 22, 2022 Black Hairstyles
Nov. 15, 1985 Black America Long March for Equality
Aug. 12, 1983 Black Political Power
Jan. 18, 1980 Black Leadership Question
Aug. 15, 1973 Black Americans, 1963–1973
Nov. 26, 1969 Racial Discrimination in Craft Unions
Sep. 11, 1968 Black Pride
Feb. 21, 1968 Negro Power Struggle
Mar. 08, 1967 Negroes in the Economy
Jan. 19, 1966 Changing Southern Politics
Oct. 27, 1965 Negroes in the North
Jul. 21, 1965 Negro Revolution: Next Steps
Oct. 14, 1964 Negro Voting
Sep. 21, 1964 Negroes and the Police
Jul. 03, 1963 Right of Access to Public Accommodations
Jan. 23, 1963 Negro Jobs and Education
Mar. 25, 1960 Violence and Non-Violence in Race Relations
Aug. 05, 1959 Negro Employment
Apr. 18, 1956 Racial Issues in National Politics
Apr. 18, 1951 Progress in Race Relations
Dec. 17, 1948 Discrimination in Employment
Jan. 10, 1947 Federal Protection of Civil Liberties
Aug. 25, 1944 The Negro Vote
Jul. 01, 1942 Racial Discrimination and the War Effort
Mar. 25, 1939 Civil and Social Rights of the Negro
Jul. 22, 1927 Disenfranchisement of the Negro in the South
Campaigns and Elections
State, Local, and Intergovernmental Relations