The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory

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373 Abortion, 209, 252, 300, 317, 325; 1990 U.S. Senate elections and, 233–34; East and, 189, 193, 198, 219; Helms and, 185, 282, 283; Ronald Reagan and, 187, 193, 357 (n. 20); Republican Party and, 189, 193; restrictions on, 311, 370 (n. 42); Roe v. Wade and, 193, 311, 357 (n. 20); as social conservative issue, 187, 193, 214, 248 Abortion rights, 214, 230, 232, 254, 255 Adams, Hoover, 28, 29, 118, 339 (n. 43) Affirmative action, 232, 233 AFL-CIO, 140, 196 African Americans, 117, 185, 222, 225, 261, 268, 273, 304; 1950 U.S. Senate elections and, 29, 94; 1952 presidential election and, 38–39, 76; 1960 gubernatorial Democratic primaries and, 59, 65–66, 68, 344 (n. 21); 1960 presidential election and, 76, 101; 1964 Democratic gubernatorial primaries and, 94, 96, 347 (n. 13); 1964 presidential election and, 99, 101, 347–48 (n. 25); 1972 elections and, 141, 149; 1976 gubernatorial Democratic primaries and, 169, 172, 355 (n. 29); 1976 lieutenant governorship and, 170–72; 1984 presidential candidates and, 201, 204–5; 1984 U.S. Senate elections and, 212, 359 (n. 25); 1990 U.S. Senate elections and, 229–37, 361 (n. 2); 1996 U.S. Senate elections and, 251–52, 254–55; 2004 presidential election and, 296, 306; 2008 presidential election and, 290, 294, 296, 298, 301, 306, 367 (n. 5); 2012 lieutenant governorship and, 315; 2012 presidential election and, 312, 318, 370 (n. 43); Amendment 1 (Defense of Marriage Act) referendum and, 312, 370 (n. 43); American Dream and, 56–57; black churches and, 196, 301, 368 (n. 19); Brown v. Board of Education and, 43, 45, 46, 342 (n. 36); as businessmen, 13, 86, 337 (n. 33); congressional redistricting , early 1990s and, 238–42; Democratic Party and, 38–39, 99, 101, 171–72, 251, 255, 347–48 (n. 25); employment opportunities and, 87, 89, 175–76; geographical locations of, 4, 6, 18; Ku Klux Klan and, 111, 131, 132, 351 (nn. 28, 30); migrants to North Carolina and, 175–76, 270; poverty and race and, 114; primaries and, 9, 13, 336 (n. 18); public office and, 36, 118, 124, 138, 140, 145, 171, 176, 195–97, 198; as Republican voters, 51, 343 (n. 46), 347–48 (n. 25); run-off primary abolition with 40 percent rule and, 196–97, 242; segregation and, 13, 36, 43, 47–49, 57, 65, 109, 331; U.S. House of Representatives and, 246; voter participation and, 1, 13–14, 19, 84–85, 102, 123, 337 (n. 33), 346 (n. 51); voting rights and, 1, 7, 8, 9, 13–14, 112, 324, 336 (nn. 20–21), 346 (n. 51), 348 (n. 27). See also “Black Belt counties”; Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movement; Desegregation; Race; Racial equality; Racial unrest; Segregation Agnew, Spiro, 119, 146 Agriculture, 4, 6; 1960 presidential election and, 75, 345 (n. 33). See also Tobacco Akins, Waverly, 170, 172 Alabama, 6, 15, 38, 78, 214, 283, 336 (n. 13); 1968 presidential election and, 99; 2008 presidential Democratic primaries and, 290; civil rights demonstrations and, 87, Index U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party, and Republican Party have subheadings that refer almost exclusively to politicians, elections, and districts in North Carolina. 374 / Index 102, 348 (n. 27); Montgomery bus boycott, 51–52, 56. See also Wallace, George Alamance County, 50, 80, 125 Albright, R. Mayne, 16, 17–18, 19, 20 Alexander, Hugh Q., 82 Alleghany County, 30 Allen, Gordon, 158, 167 Allen, James, 283 American Council on Education, 263 American Dream, 56–57, 172, 224, 229, 264, 281, 298, 329 American Party, 121, 122, 123 Anderson, John, 187, 190, 192 Andrews, Ike, 129 Anson County, 7, 24, 82, 111, 139 Antipoverty programs, 114 Appalachia, 114 Appalachian State College (Boone), 102, 106, 107, 348 (n. 35) Arkansas, 6, 53, 243, 247, 255 Ashe, Earl, 233–34 Asheville, 4, 16, 21, 33, 66, 296, 336 (n. 11) Asheville-Biltmore College, 107 Asian Americans, 7, 84, 136, 269 Atkinson, June, 320 Atlantic coastal plain: 1948 gubernatorial campaign and, 20; 1950 U.S. Senate elections and, 30; 1952 presidential election and, 38, 123; 1956 presidential election and, 123; 1960 gubernatorial Democratic run-off primary and, 66, 67, 73; 1960 gubernatorial election and, 76, 222; 1960 presidential election and, 73–75, 100, 123, 174; 1964 elections and, 94, 97, 100; 1968 presidential election and, 121–23; 1972 gubernatorial election and, 152; 1972 presidential election and, 149, 174; 1972 U.S. Senate elections and, 151, 153; 1976 presidential...