Title The dream is lost : voting rights and the politics of race in Richmond, Virginia / Julian Maxwell Hayter

Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century. Contents Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Strictly Political; 2 Systematically Done In; 3 From Intent to Effect; 4 "The Dream Is Lost"; PHOTOGRAPHS; 5 "All He Gave Me Was a Foot"; Conclusion; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Once the capital of the Confederacy and the industrial hub of slave-based tobacco production, Richmond, Virginia has been largely overlooked in the context of twentieth century urban and political history. By the early 1960s, the city served as an important center for integrated politics, as African Americans fought for fair representation and mobilized voters in order to overcome discriminatory policies. Richmond's African Americans struggled to serve their growing communities in the face of unyielding discrimination. Yet, due to their dedication to strengthening the Voting Rights Act of 1965, African American politicians held a city council majority by the late 1970s. In The Dream Is Lost, Julian Maxwell Hayter describes more than three decades of national and local racial politics in Richmond and illuminates the unintended consequences of civil rights legislation. He uses the city's experience to explain the political abuses that often accompany American electoral reforms and explores the arc of mid-twentieth-century urban history. In so doing, Hayter not only reexamines the civil rights movement's origins, but also seeks to explain the political, economic, and social implications of the freedom struggle following the major legislation of the 1960s. Hayter concludes his study in the 1980s and follows black voter mobilization to its rational conclusion -- black empowerment and governance. However, he also outlines how Richmond's black majority council struggled to the meet the challenges of economic forces beyond the realm of politics. The Dream Is Lost vividly illustrates the limits of political power, offering an important view of an underexplored aspect of the post--civil rights era Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject African Americans -- Suffrage -- Virginia -- Richmond Voter registration -- Virginia -- Richmond African American political activists -- Virginia -- Richmond POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. African American political activists African Americans -- Suffrage Politics and government Voter registration SUBJECT Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Virginia -- Richmond Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813169491 0813169496 9780813169507 081316950X 9780813169972 0813169976

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