Contents
Author's Preface
Editor's Introduction
A Note on the Editing
Part One. The Political Status of the Negro: A Commentary
1. The American Political Scene
2. The Historical Background
3. Politics in the Contemporary South
4. Restrictions on Voting in the South
5. The Negro in Contemporary Politics
6. Conclusion
Part Two: The Political Status of the Negro: A Survey Based on Field Interviews and Special Reports
7. Aspects of the Southern Political Process
8. Southern White Attitudes toward Politics
9. Voter Registration in the South
10. Negro Registration
11. The Poll Tax
12. The Negro at the Polls: The Inner South
13. The Negro at the Polls: The Outer South
14. Negro Voting in Selected Southern Cities
15. Negro Voting in AAA Cotton Referenda
16. Some Notes on Republican Politics in the South
17. Southern Negroes and the Rewards of Politics
18. Negro Political Activity in the North
19. Negroes and the New Deal Agencies
Bibliography
Index