From 1941 to 1943, and again from 1947 to 1972, Congressman Hale Boggs represented Louisiana's Second Congressional District. While most southern political leaders led the 'massive resistance' to the civil rights movement, Boggs traveled throughout the South urging whites and blacks to work together peaceably toward abolishing racial segregation and prejudices. He used his position as majority whip and later as majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives to implement federal programs to achieve economic, political, and social equality in America. Unlike most southern white politicians, he cultivated an official political relationship with blacks, advocated advancements and improvements for all Americans, particularly blacks, and avoided race-baiting. As his career developed, he increasingly sided with the national Democratic party rather than the southern delegation; even, on a couple of occasions, supporting civil rights legislation This study utilizes Congressman Boggs' personal and congressional papers housed at Tulane University, newspapers, secondary works, and oral histories to detail Boggs' relationship with blacks and whites in his district, state, the Deep South, and the nation / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_26834 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Contributors | Balius, Scott E (Author) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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