Chandler Davidson
Franklin Chandler Davidson (May 13, 1936 – April 10, 2021) was a professor of public policy and voting rights activist who worked at Rice University.[1][2][3] Rice has a collection of his papers and research materials.[4]
He conducted numerous recorded interviews including of Texas politicians.[5] He testified before the U.S. Congress on voting issues.[6]
Work[]
- Biracial Politics : Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South (1972)[7]
- Minority Vote Dilution (1984), editor[8]
- Quiet Revolution in the South co-written with Bernard Grofman[9]
- Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective with Bernard Grofman[10]
- Race and Class in Texas Politics[11]
Further reading[]
- Obituary, Houston Chronicle April 25, 2021[12]
References[]
- ^ Britto, Brittany (April 22, 2021). "Chandler Davidson, leading expert on voting rights, dies at 84". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans -- Chandler Davidson". www.crmvet.org.
- ^ "Rice remembers Chandler Davidson, founding member of Department of Sociology". news.rice.edu.
- ^ Davidson, Chandler. "Guide to the Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers, 1961-2006 MS 528". legacy.lib.utexas.edu.
- ^ "Chandler Davidson Texas Politics research collection, circa 1970s (MS 259)". scholarship.rice.edu. hdl:1911/93689.
- ^ "Chandler Davidson | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
- ^ Johnson, Tobe (1974). "Review of Biracial Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South". The Journal of Politics. 36: 239–241. doi:10.2307/2129130. JSTOR 2129130. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ King, Rebecca J. (1989). "Minority Vote Dilution edited by Chandler Davidson". National Black Law Journal. 11 (2). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Rush, Mark E. (March 5, 1996). "Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act 1965–1990. Edited by Chandler Davidson and Bernard Grofman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 503p. $24.95". American Political Science Review. 90 (1): 187. doi:10.2307/2082826. JSTOR 2082826 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Controversies in minority voting: the Voting Rights Act in perspective. Brookings Institution. 1992. OCLC 25411286. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Schwartz, Mildred A. (September 1, 1991). "Race and Class in Texas Politics. Chandler Davidson". American Journal of Sociology. 97 (2): 536–537. doi:10.1086/229789 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
- ^ Britto, Brittany (22 April 2021). "Chandler Davidson, leading expert on voting rights, dies at 84". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2021 deaths
- American civil rights activists
- Rice University faculty
- People from Texas