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Nixon's Southern Strategy Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Dean J. Kotlowski
Dean J. Kotlowski
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Recently, the story of President Richard M. Nixon's “southern strategy” and its relationship to school desegregation has become a ripe topic for historical revision. Ever wary of the shifty-eyed Nixon, contemporary critics argued that the president had retreated from civil rights to win the votes of conservative white southerners. Modifying this thesis, recent scholars have concluded that the president was neither a segregationist nor a conservative on the race question. These writers have shown that Nixon desegregated more schools than previous presidents, approved a strengthened Voting Rights Act, developed policies to aid minority businesses, and supported affirmative action.

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Journal of Policy History , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 207 - 238
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Copyright © The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1998

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60. Haldeman Diary, 7 October 1971.

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67. Raymond Price and H. R. Haldeman quoted in Nixon, ed. Strober and Strober, 113. Scholars who have accepted this argument include Stephen E. Ambrose, “Remarks Before a High School Colloquium,” in Richard M. Nixon, ed. Friedman and Levantrosser, 40; Aiken, Jonathan, Nixon: A Life (Washington, D.C., 1994), 72.Google Scholar

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75. “White House Pattern Seen in Desegregation,” Los Angeles Times, 3 December 1969, pt 1-A, p. 2.

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79. Memorandum on Meeting with Attorney General John N. Mitchell, 18 February 1969, Folder: Justice Department 1969, Box D61, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

80. “Relax Ouidelines—HEW Counsel,” Charlotte Observer, 23 March 1969, 9A; “Wilkins Warns of Peril to School Guidelines,” Washington Star, 21 June 1969, 2; Jerris Leonard Interview with A. James Reichley, 31 October 1977, Box 2, Reichley Interview Transcripts.

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82. Nixon Handwritten Comment on News Summary, 10 July 1969, PNWH, 6:B, Fiche 11; Memo, Hullin to Staff Secretary, Folder: HU 2–1 Education—Schooling— Executive 7/1/69–12/31/69, Box 8, HU-Human Rights, Central Files, Nixon Presidential Materials.

83. Memo, Ehrlichman to James Keogh, 26 June 1969, Folder: Ehrlichman Chronological File [27 November 1968–16 July 1969] [5 of 5], Box 50, Ehrlichman Files, Nixon Presidential Materials.

84. Haldeman Diary, 15 February 1969.

85. Nixon Handwritten Comment on News Summary, March 1969, PNWH, 6:B, Fiche 3.

86. Haldeman Meeting Notes, 17 February 1969, PNWH: 5, Fiche 2.

87. Haldeman Meeting Notes, 26 March 1969, PNWH: 5, Fiche 2.

88. Memo, Haldeman to Ehrlichman, 12 May 1969, Folder: Memos—John Ehrlichman (May 1969), Box 50, Haldeman Files, Nixon Presidential Materials.

89. John D. Ehrlichman, Memorandum of Meeting Between the President and Secretary Robert H. Finch, 15 May 1969, Folder: Ehrlichman Chronological File [27 November 1968–16 July 1969] [4 of 5], Box 50, Ehrlichman Files, Nixon Presidential Materials.

90. Haldeman Meeting Notes, 6 June 1969, PNWH: 5, Fiche 5.

91. Handwritten Notes—John N. Mitchell on 3 July 1969 Statement, No Date, Drawer: Civil Rights—HEW, Finch Private Papers.

92. Press Release, “School Desegregation Statement by the Department of Justice and Department of Health, Education and Welfare,” 3 July 1969, Folder: 1969 Southern GOP 1, Box 8, Dent Files, Nixon Presidential Materiris.

93. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, for example, wanted “clear, unequivocal statement of policy that HEW will enforce the law” and HEW should “keep the 1969 deadline.” “Proposed Outline of Discussion with Secretary Robert H. Finch,” n.d., Folder: Finch's First School Decision 1968–69, Box E15, LCCR Papers.

94. “Wilkins Blasts School Desegregation Decision,” Los Angeles Times, 4 July, 1969, pt. I, p. 18.

95. Memo, Dent to Nixon, 8 July 1969, Folder: Memos to the President—1969 [#3], Box 2, Dent Files, Nixon Presidential Materials.

96. “Thurmond Is Right to Be Cautious in Applauding Desegregation Policy,” Washington Post, 9 July 1969, 19.

97. “U.S. Files School Suits in North, South,” Washington Star, 8 July 1969, 3; “U.S. Steps Up Drive to Integrate Schools,” Los Angeles Times, 9 July 1969, pt. I, 14; “Nixon Vows to Shift to School Suits,” New York Times, 11 July 1969, 1, 23.

98. “Federal Fund Cutoffs Ordered for 3 Southern Districts,” Los Angeles Times, 8 July 1969, 1; “Nixon and Desegregation: Deeds Belie Words,” Detroit News, 14 July 1969, 16-A; “Third of South's Negroes Due in Integrated Schools,” Baltimore Sun, 20 August 1969, 1; “Dixie School Pace Surprises HEW,” Washington Post, 24 August 1969, 2; “Desegregated Schools for Va. Negroes Double in Year,” Washington Post, 23 August 1969, p. Bl; “Nixon's Strategy for Schools Set,” New York Times, 17 September 1969, 18; “Nixon School Integration Aims—Retreat or Progress?” Detroit News, 28 September 1969, 13-B; “Rights Chief Defends Position: Strong Integration Push Pledged,” Washington News, 8 October 1969, 20.

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100. Constituent Letter to Morton, 21 March 1970, Folder: Civil Rights/Minorities McCarthy-White, Box 219, RNC Series, Morton Papers. For similar letters, see Mrs. Paul Swafford to Nixon, 4 September 1969, Folder: HU 2–1 Education—Schooling—General 8/1/69–9/30/69, Box 11, HU-Human Rights, Central Files, Nixon Presidential Materials; Thomas A. Crouch to Nixon, 1 October 1969, Folder: HU-2 Equality—General 10/1/69–10/31/69, Box 6, HU-Human Rights, Central Files, Nixon Presidential Materials; Mrs. Wayne W. Fox to Morton, 30 January 1970, Folder: Civil/Minorities—Atthouse—Lund, Box 219, RNC Series, Morton Papers.

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128. Ehrlichman Meeting Notes, 13 August 1970, PNWH: 3, Fiche 18.

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142. Memo, Jerry Poole to Elliot Richardson, 14 August 1970, Folder: Congressional Liaison Reports—1970, Box 3, Health, Education, and Welfare Department Series, Creed C. Black Papers, University of Kentucky.

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154. Maurice H. Stans quoted in Nixon, ed. Strober and Strober, 112.

155. Memo, Larry A. Jobe to Maurice H. Stans, 2 June 1971, Folder: Minority Business Enterprise Office of January-September 1971, Box 67, Commerce Department Files, Maurice H. Stans Papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

156. Letter, Thurmond to Stans, 25 August 1970, Folder: Small Business Administration (June-December), Box 20, Commerce Department Files, Stans Papers.

157. “Nixon Cheered in South; Assails North on Race,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 26 May 1971, 6A; Haldeman Diary, 25 May 1971.

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