White Flight: The Strategies, Ideology, and Legacy of Segregationists in Atlanta
On November 3, 2005, Dr. Kevin Kruse of Princeton University's History Department spoke at Emory University about several themes developed in his book White Flight (2005), a study of segregationists' strategies and ideologies in Atlanta. White Flight argues that the movement of whites out...
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doaj-7edf84dd745f4c5ca5ef37320156718f2020-11-25T01:51:37ZengEmory Center for Digital ScholarshipSouthern Spaces1551-27542005-11-0110.18737/M7NC88White Flight: The Strategies, Ideology, and Legacy of Segregationists in AtlantaKevin Kruse0Princeton UniversityOn November 3, 2005, Dr. Kevin Kruse of Princeton University's History Department spoke at Emory University about several themes developed in his book White Flight (2005), a study of segregationists' strategies and ideologies in Atlanta. White Flight argues that the movement of whites out of southern cities from the 1940s through the 1970s was part of a broader political withdrawal prompted by the civil rights movement, and that the roots of modern southern conservatism can be found in this confrontation.https://southernspaces.org/node/42663EducationPolitics and GovernmentResidentialSocial MovementsUrban and Suburban StudiesWhiteness Studies |
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White Flight: The Strategies, Ideology, and Legacy of Segregationists in Atlanta |
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On November 3, 2005, Dr. Kevin Kruse of Princeton University's History Department spoke at Emory University about several themes developed in his book White Flight (2005), a study of segregationists' strategies and ideologies in Atlanta. White Flight argues that the movement of whites out of southern cities from the 1940s through the 1970s was part of a broader political withdrawal prompted by the civil rights movement, and that the roots of modern southern conservatism can be found in this confrontation. |
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