[eater-of-toast]

It is a fascinating topic, as you say. Herbert Hoover won the black vote handily in 1932, despite losing the election disastrously, and FDR studiously avoided civil rights issues so as not to rile racist Southern Democrats, much to the chagrin of Eleanor Roosevelt and others who wanted action there. All that only makes the Republican-to-Democrat turnaround in the black vote from 1932 to 1936 more surprising, and I’ll be interested to see what you find!

[ansel12]

It is a fascinating topic, as you say. Herbert Hoover won the black vote handily in 1932, despite losing the election disastrously, and FDR studiously avoided civil rights issues so as not to rile racist Southern Democrats, much to the chagrin of Eleanor Roosevelt and others who wanted action there. All that only makes the Republican-to-Democrat turnaround in the black vote from 1932 to 1936 more surprising, and I’ll be interested to see what you find!

Post 42 mentions what will be a big portion of it, or at least the catalyst, but as post 44 describes, there is clearly something more to the story, it is still unique to blacks.