The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

The Byrd Machine ran Virginia politics for more than half a century.

This political organization rose to power during the era of Jim Crow, wielding power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. Inheriting its tactics from two previous political machines, the Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending, crushing the power of labor unions and forcing its will on Black schoolchildren protesting separate and unequal facilities. The nadir of its era was massive resistance, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them.

Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope details the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia.

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The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

The Byrd Machine ran Virginia politics for more than half a century.

This political organization rose to power during the era of Jim Crow, wielding power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. Inheriting its tactics from two previous political machines, the Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending, crushing the power of labor unions and forcing its will on Black schoolchildren protesting separate and unequal facilities. The nadir of its era was massive resistance, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them.

Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope details the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia.

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The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

by Michael Lee Pope
The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

by Michael Lee Pope

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Overview

The Byrd Machine ran Virginia politics for more than half a century.

This political organization rose to power during the era of Jim Crow, wielding power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. Inheriting its tactics from two previous political machines, the Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending, crushing the power of labor unions and forcing its will on Black schoolchildren protesting separate and unequal facilities. The nadir of its era was massive resistance, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them.

Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope details the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439676462
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 10/10/2022
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Michael Lee Pope is an award-winning journalist who lives in Old Town Alexandria. He has reported for NPR, the New York Daily News and Northern Virginia magazine. He has a master's degree in American studies from Florida State University, and he is a former adjunct professor at Tallahassee Community College.


New York Daily News and Northern Virginia magazine. He has a master's degree in American studies from Florida State University, and he is a former adjunct professor at Tallahassee Community College.
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