TY - BOOK AU - Grose,Philip G. TI - South Carolina at the brink: Robert McNair and the politics of civil rights SN - 9781570036248 AV - F275.42.M35 G78 2006 U1 - 975.7043092 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Columbia PB - University of South Carolina Press KW - McNair, Robert E. KW - Governors KW - South Carolina KW - Biography KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Civil rights movements KW - Race relations KW - Politics and government KW - 1951- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-347) and index; The old order changeth -- Growing up in hell hole swamp -- Coming of age : war, education, and election -- Learning the ropes in a rural state -- A circuitous route to the governor's office -- Preparing for the showdown -- A full term and a mandate for moderation -- A blueprint for South Carolina -- The gathering storm at South Carolina State -- A tragedy at Orangeburg -- The rise of soul power -- South Carolina runs out of time, courts UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003515.html UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f4l3-aa ER -