The War on Poverty in Mississippi: From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism
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The War on Poverty in Mississippi: From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism

The War on Poverty in Mississippi: From Massive Resistance to New Conservatism

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Emma J. Folwell (Author)  

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President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty instigated a ferocious backlash in Mississippi. Federally funded programs - the embodiment of 1960s liberalism - directly clashed with Mississippi's closed society. From 1965 to 1973, opposing forces transformed the state. In this state-level history of the war on poverty, Emma J. Folwell traces the attempts of white and black Mississippians to address the state's dire economic circumstances through antipoverty programs. At times, the war on poverty became a powerful tool for black empowerment. But more often, antipoverty programs served as a potent catalyst of white resistance to black advancement. After the momentous events of 1964, both black activism and white opposition to black empowerment evolved due to these federal efforts. White Mississippians deployed massive resistance in part to stifle any black economic empowerment, twisting antipoverty programs into tools to marginalize black political power. Folwell uncovers how the grassroots war against the war on poverty laid the foundation for the fight against 1960s liberalism, as Mississippi became a national model for stonewalling social change. As Folwell indicates, many white Mississippians hardwired elements of massive resistance into the political, economic, and social structure. Meanwhile, they abandoned the Democratic Party and honed the state's Republican Party, spurred by a new conservatism. 13 black & white illustrations
Emma Folwell is senior lecturer in history at Newman University in Birmingham, England. Supported by grants from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, the British Association for American Studies, and the Royal Historical Society, her research has appeared in the Journal of Mississippi History, Journal of American Studies, and Reviews in History. In 2018-19, she received a Fulbright Award.
  • Contributor: Emma J. Folwell
  • Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
  • ISBN13: 9781496827395
  • Number of Pages: 304
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
  • Release Date: 2020-04-30
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Emma Folwell is senior lecturer in history at Newman University in Birmingham, England. Supported by grants from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, the British Association for American Studies, and the Royal Historical Society, her research has appeared in the Journal of Mississippi History, Journal of American Studies, and Reviews in History. In 2018-19, she received a Fulbright Award.

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