A moderate in a moderate time -- The 1960 campaign: promises and compromises -- Leadership and caution in the White House -- Southern law enforcement policy -- A harder road -- The problem of federal protection -- The battle of Ole Miss -- Winter of discontent -- From Alabama to the second reconstruction -- Kennedy at the center -- Conclusion: John F. Kennedy and the second reconstruction
Summary
Analyzes Kennedy's motives and assesses his accomplishments and short-comings in the area of Civil Rights
Analysis
African Americans Civil rights
Geschichte 1961-1963
Kennedy, John F
United States Politics and government 1961-1963
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-379) and index
