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Three trailblazers for education reform in the Sunbelt South.

Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as "someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know.” It was a surprising statement for a politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In this title Gordon E. Harvey traces the life and career of the man whose public service many still recall as "the Golden Age” of Florida politics.

Gordon Harvey's book addresses an important and generally neglected subject: the transition in southern politics and policymaking during the decade after the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This solid study covers in considerable detail an important period in the history of the South." - American Historical Review "The education reforms of West [in South Carolina], Askew [in Florida] and Brewer [in Alabama] and the background again...