Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-148) and index.
A business government by a business man -- The black flag of machine politics -- The people have made their statement -- A good Tammany Hall Tennessean -- The honor of having no opposition -- God bless you, boss.
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In the 1930s thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expand.
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Crump, Edward Hull,1874-1954.
Crump, Edward Hull,1874-1954.
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African Americans-- Tennessee-- Memphis-- Politics and government-- 20th century.