BLACKS IN SOUTHERN POLITICS - AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH

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.