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Florida's Minority Trailblazers
Susan Macmanus
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Description for Florida's Minority Trailblazers
Hardback. This collection examines the motivation and stories of minority leaders elected to political office in Florida by employing standard interview questions and material from biographies, newspaper articles and academic studies. Series: Florida Government and Politics. Num Pages: 720 pages, 165 black & white photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; JFSL1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Once one of the South’s poorest and least populated states, Florida experienced a population surge during the 1960s that diversified the state and transformed it into a microcosm of the nation, but discrimination remained pervasive. With the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the opportunity to participate in government was finally open to previously silenced voices. Drawing primarily from personal interviews, Susan MacManus recounts the stories of fifty-one trailblazers—the first minority men and women, both Democrat and Republican—who were elected or appointed to state legislative, executive, and judicial offices and to ... Read more
Once one of the South’s poorest and least populated states, Florida experienced a population surge during the 1960s that diversified the state and transformed it into a microcosm of the nation, but discrimination remained pervasive. With the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the opportunity to participate in government was finally open to previously silenced voices. Drawing primarily from personal interviews, Susan MacManus recounts the stories of fifty-one trailblazers—the first minority men and women, both Democrat and Republican—who were elected or appointed to state legislative, executive, and judicial offices and to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Series
Florida Government and Politics
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813062938
SKU
V9780813062938
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