Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis
G. Wayne Dowdy, "Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis"
2006 | pages: 172 | ISBN: 1578068592 | PDF | 1,1 mb
2006 | pages: 172 | ISBN: 1578068592 | PDF | 1,1 mb
In the 1930s thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government.
One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expanded city regulatory power, increased government efficiency and established a publicly owned electric utility. In addition, he secured a comprehensive flood control system for portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley. G. Wayne Dowdy cataloged the personal papers of Crump for the Memphis Public Library and brings southern political history to life in this biography.
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