1950's Government and Politics | African American and Women Voters in the 1950s

"The Negro Voter: Can He Elect a President?"

Magazine article

By: Theodore White

Date: August 17, 1956

Source: White, Theodore H. "The Negro Voter: Can He Elect a President?" Collier's, August 17, 1956. Available online at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6331/ (accessed June 18, 2003).

About the Author: Theodore H. White (1915–1986) started his career in journalism by writing for Time magazine. By the mid-1950s, he focused on political coverage for Collier's. After covering the 1956 presidential campaign , he eventually wrote The Making of the President, 1960 (1961). In 1962, the study received the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote subsequent editions of The Making of the President series, covering the 1964, 1968, and 1972 campaigns.

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