THE BLACK CABINET by Jill Watts - Minneapolis Star-Tribune Review

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | May 22, 2020

“Legend has it that after signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawing racial discrimination, President Lyndon Johnson grimly predicted his fellow Democrats would pay dearly for outlawing injustice. ‘We have lost the South for a generation,’ he purportedly said.

In her fascinating new book, ‘The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt,’ Jill Watts dissects the obverse of Johnson’s lament: Why African-Americans, a once-loyal Republican constituency, fled the Party of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, and embraced Democrats in the first place.”

The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts was reviewed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune! Follow the link above to read the full article.

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