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- catalog abstract ""Instead of turning toward hatred after his father was murdered by a black man in 1926, Frank E. Smith committed himself to helping his racist state move toward integration and racial harmony. He was an anomaly in his heyday, a white politician who staunchly supported the civil rights movement at home. As a young man growing up in the Mississippi Delta, arguably one of the most segregated and violent regions in America during the Jim Crow era, Smith (1918-1997) made the decision to work for political and social change in Mississippi." "For openly supporting John F. Kennedy's bid for the presidency, Smith lost the congressional seat he had held for thirteen tumultuous but productive years. After the election in 1960, Kennedy appointed him to the governing board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, on which Smith served until 1972. In this position he clashed with the growing environmental movement outside the TVA. At the same time, he worked with the Southern Regional Council and the Voter Education Project to register black voters throughout the South." "As this biography details the conflicting political terrains in Smith's life, it reveals the complexities of his political and social views and shows Smith as a man at odds both with the conservative establishment of the 1960s and the left wing of his own party."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12187929.
- catalog coverage "Mississippi Politics and government 1951-".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""As this biography details the conflicting political terrains in Smith's life, it reveals the complexities of his political and social views and shows Smith as a man at odds both with the conservative establishment of the 1960s and the left wing of his own party."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""For openly supporting John F. Kennedy's bid for the presidency, Smith lost the congressional seat he had held for thirteen tumultuous but productive years. After the election in 1960, Kennedy appointed him to the governing board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, on which Smith served until 1972. In this position he clashed with the growing environmental movement outside the TVA. At the same time, he worked with the Southern Regional Council and the Voter Education Project to register black voters throughout the South."".
- catalog description ""Instead of turning toward hatred after his father was murdered by a black man in 1926, Frank E. Smith committed himself to helping his racist state move toward integration and racial harmony. He was an anomaly in his heyday, a white politician who staunchly supported the civil rights movement at home. As a young man growing up in the Mississippi Delta, arguably one of the most segregated and violent regions in America during the Jim Crow era, Smith (1918-1997) made the decision to work for political and social change in Mississippi."".
- catalog description "Birth and Death in the Delta -- An Intellectual Journey -- Moorhead -- Private Smith Goes to War -- Newspapers and Politics -- Election to Congress -- Congressman Smith -- National Democrat -- Cloud Riding -- Leaving Mississippi -- Distant Battles -- The Bands Don't Play -- TVA and the Death of New Deal Liberalism -- Exile and Return.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 292 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mississippi liberal.".
- catalog identifier "1578063434 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mississippi liberal.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Mississippi liberal.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi Politics and government 1951-".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "328.73/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Civil rights Mississippi History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "E748.S656 M57 2001".
- catalog subject "Legislators Mississippi Biography.".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism Mississippi History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Smith, Frank E. (Frank Ellis), 1918-1997.".
- catalog subject "Smith, Frank Ellis, 1918-".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress. House Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Birth and Death in the Delta -- An Intellectual Journey -- Moorhead -- Private Smith Goes to War -- Newspapers and Politics -- Election to Congress -- Congressman Smith -- National Democrat -- Cloud Riding -- Leaving Mississippi -- Distant Battles -- The Bands Don't Play -- TVA and the Death of New Deal Liberalism -- Exile and Return.".
- catalog title "Mississippi liberal : a biography of Frank E. Smith / Dennis J. Mitchell.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".