Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including African American Leadership; We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post–Civil Rights Era; and Racism in the Post–Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't, all published by SUNY Press.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Defi ning the Terms of Discourse2. Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America3. Th e Special Place of the South in American Conservatism4. Th e Rise of the Liberal Remnant5. African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant6. Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945–19707. Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968–19808. Th e Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race9. The Reagan Presidency and Race10. ConclusionNotesAbout the AuthorIndex

Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including African American Leadership; We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post–Civil Rights Era; and Racism in the Post–Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't, all published by SUNY Press.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Defi ning the Terms of Discourse2. Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America3. Th e Special Place of the South in American Conservatism4. Th e Rise of the Liberal Remnant5. African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant6. Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945–19707. Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968–19808. Th e Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race9. The Reagan Presidency and Race10. ConclusionNotesAbout the AuthorIndex

Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including African American Leadership; We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post–Civil Rights Era; and Racism in the Post–Civil Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't, all published by SUNY Press.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Defi ning the Terms of Discourse2. Lockean "Liberalism" as the Conservative Ideology in America3. Th e Special Place of the South in American Conservatism4. Th e Rise of the Liberal Remnant5. African American Thought and the Conservative Remnant6. Racism and the Conservative Intellectual Movement, 1945–19707. Racism and Neoconservatism, 1968–19808. Th e Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the Parts Played by Ideology and Race9. The Reagan Presidency and Race10. ConclusionNotesAbout the AuthorIndex