This article does two things. It draws on extant literature, much of w
hich was written near the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1
960s, to point out needed research on blacks in southern politics. It
also provides data on issue attitudes, partisanship, and participation
of black and white Democratic county party members and delegates to 1
992 Democratic National Convention to explore the impact of including
blacks on the region's Democratic county political parties. The data a
lso illustrate the complexities of maintaining a southern biracial Dem
ocratic coalition.