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America seems to have little sense of how the Civil Rights Movement actually played into southern politics over the remainder of the twentieth Century. The common vision is a monolithic struggle between heroes and villains, depicted literally and figuratively in black and white. Unfortunately, this conception provides incomplete explanation for subsequent progress in the southern political system. This book reveals that, amid all the heroic history of that time, there is a fascinating story of "stealth reconstruction" – i.e., the unheroic, quiet, practical, biracial work of some white politicians and black leaders, a story untold and unknown until now.
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"I find the characterization of stealth reconstruction provocative, informative, and realistic; and I agree that quiet, effective, biracial cooperation was a cornerstone of much of the heralded and hard-won racial transitions in Southern attitudes and politics. Without it, the courageous and well-recorded acts of the modern civil rights movement would have had a much more difficult course."
Dr. Richard Arrington, former mayor, Birmingham, Alabama,
"In this book, Browder and Stanberry offer a detailed and insightful discussion of the crucial behind-the-scenes negotiations among African American and white leaders that were necessary to developing the alliances and policies that would promote the civil rights agenda even after public and media attention to the civil rights movement had begun to fade. In telling the less public aspects of the story, Browder and Stanberry advance our understanding of race and the transformation of Southern (and national) politics in significant ways. For casual readers and professional scholars alike, this book is thorough, engaging, and informative."
Robert Steed, professor of political science, The Citadel,