... in cultivating lily-white Republicanism in the South than in strengthening the party's traditional ties to blacks." (Weiss 1984: 5). Still, the black community remained with the Republican Party, because to stay seemed the lesser of two evils. Politically, they weren't strong enough a force to gain political attention for themselves on a national level, because the majority of blacks still could not vote (Weiss 1984: 39 ... issues were never a primary concern of the Roosevelt administration, but there was communication between the White House and black leaders such as Walter White. The Ne...

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