Constructing Racial Liberalism: The Divergent Trajectories of Fair Employment and Fair Housing on the Congressional Agenda, 1933-1968

• In Event: Behavioral and Historical Perspectives on Multiracial Democracy in the U.S.

Brief Overview

This paper compares the trajectories of fair employment and fair housing on northern Democrats’ civil rights agenda from 1933-68, examining how and why support for the former coalesced by the 1940s, but support for the latter was limited until 1966.

Author

• Kumar Ramanathan, Northwestern University