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The Byrd Machine in Virginia
The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization
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eBook - ePub
The Byrd Machine in Virginia
The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization
About this book
The Byrd Machine ran Virginia politics for more than half a century.
This political organization rose to power during the era of Jim Crow, wielding power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. Inheriting its tactics from two previous political machines, the Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending, crushing the power of labor unions and forcing its will on Black schoolchildren protesting separate and unequal facilities. The nadir of its era was massive resistance, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them.
Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope details the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Welcome to the Machine
- 1. The Mahone Machine: How a Confederate General Became the Leader of a Progressive Interracial Political Machine
- 2. The Martin Machine: Railroad Magnate Seizes Control of a Party and a Commonwealth
- 3. Out of the Mud: Senator Byrd Takes the Road Less Traveled to the Executive Mansion
- 4. The Rise of Harry Byrd: How a Blueblood Scion of a First Family Becomes a Political Boss in the Old Dominion
- 5. Pay as You Go: Harry Byrd in the Executive Mansion
- 6. Byrd for President: Virginia’s Favorite Son, the Last New Dealer
- 7. Union Busting: Byrd Machine Senses Opportunity in the Right to Work
- 8. The Young Turks: Fresh from the War, the Greatest Generation Takes on the Machine
- 9. Massive Resistance: The Machine Combats Segregation with Systemic Racism
- 10. Beginning of the End: The 1965 Election Turned Out to Be a Swan Song for the Organization
- Epilogue. The Machine Falls Apart
- Notes
- About the Author