TY - BOOK ID - 137592125 TI - Democracy betrayed PY - 2020 SN - 1628944277 9781628944273 9781628944266 9781628944259 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Democratic Party (U.S.) KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137592125 AB - "The Democratic Party is usually extolled as a heroic party of the people, but it has a sordid past rooted in slavery, segregation, and cynical exploitation of African Americans. This book traces the Party from its origins in the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson to the end of Reconstruction and LBJ's Great Society"-- ER -