- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- * 1 * <i>Ascension</i>: Lincoln in the Great Depression
- * 2 * <i>Apex</i>: Lincoln in The Second World War
- * 3 * <i>Transition</i>: Cold War, Racial Conflict, and Contested Images of Lincoln
- * 4 * <i>Transfiguration</i>: Civil Rights Movement, Vanishing Savior of the Union
- * 5 * <i>Erosion</i>: Fading Prestige, Benign Ridicule
- * 6 * <i>Post-Heroic Era</i>: Acids of Equality and the Waning of Greatness
- * 7 * <i>Inertia</i>: The Enduring Lincoln
- Conclusion
- Appendix A The Populist Strain in Depression-Era Lincoln Representation
- Appendix B Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of the Two or Tree Greatest Men Who Ever Lived in this Country, 1945*
- Appendix C Survey Information
- Appendix D Codes for 1945 Gallup Poll (Roman Font) and 2001 NES (Italic Font)
- Appendix E Reasons for Designating Abraham Lincoln Greater than George Washington: National Employee Survey 2001: Any Mention
- Appendix F Histojy Textbook List
- Appendix G
- Appendix H Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents, by Race*
- Appendix I Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents, by Region
- Appendix J Percentage of Respondents Designating Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents by Party Identification and Ideology, 1991
- Appendix K Diversity and the Ideal of Citizenship
- Index
Transfiguration: Civil Rights Movement, Vanishing Savior of the Union
Transfiguration: Civil Rights Movement, Vanishing Savior of the Union
- Chapter:
- (p.115) * 4 * Transfiguration: Civil Rights Movement, Vanishing Savior of the Union
- Source:
- Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This chapter, which examines the relation between the image of Abraham Lincoln and the civil rights movement in the United States, compares public belief about Lincoln in four national sample surveys ranging from 1945 to 2001. The study found that Lincoln's image as the Great Emancipator is dominant in the minds of individuals. The chapter explains that Lincoln's one-dimensional Emancipator image emerged from the multi-dimensional image crystallized in pre-civil-rights-era history books and commemorative symbolism.
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, civil rights movement, public belief, Great Emancipator, history books, commemorative symbolism
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- * 1 * <i>Ascension</i>: Lincoln in the Great Depression
- * 2 * <i>Apex</i>: Lincoln in The Second World War
- * 3 * <i>Transition</i>: Cold War, Racial Conflict, and Contested Images of Lincoln
- * 4 * <i>Transfiguration</i>: Civil Rights Movement, Vanishing Savior of the Union
- * 5 * <i>Erosion</i>: Fading Prestige, Benign Ridicule
- * 6 * <i>Post-Heroic Era</i>: Acids of Equality and the Waning of Greatness
- * 7 * <i>Inertia</i>: The Enduring Lincoln
- Conclusion
- Appendix A The Populist Strain in Depression-Era Lincoln Representation
- Appendix B Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of the Two or Tree Greatest Men Who Ever Lived in this Country, 1945*
- Appendix C Survey Information
- Appendix D Codes for 1945 Gallup Poll (Roman Font) and 2001 NES (Italic Font)
- Appendix E Reasons for Designating Abraham Lincoln Greater than George Washington: National Employee Survey 2001: Any Mention
- Appendix F Histojy Textbook List
- Appendix G
- Appendix H Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents, by Race*
- Appendix I Percentage of Respondents Designating Abraham Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents, by Region
- Appendix J Percentage of Respondents Designating Lincoln as One of America's Three Greatest Presidents by Party Identification and Ideology, 1991
- Appendix K Diversity and the Ideal of Citizenship
- Index
