As the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement, the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)-which has operated since the
early 1950s-was instrumental in the historic legislative
breakthroughs of the Second Reconstruction. The Civil Rights Lobby
skillfully recounts the LCCR's professional and grassroots lobbying
that contributed to these signature civil rights policy
achievements in the 1950s and '60s. Shamira Gelbman explains how
the diversity of this interest group coalition both hindered and
enabled lobbyists to generate broad-based support for reforms that
often seemed risky to legislators. They coordinated their efforts
by identifying common ground among member organizations, developing
coalitional positions on substantive and strategic questions, and
exhorting organizations to mobilize professional and grassroots
lobbying resources accordingly. The result was to "speak with one
booming voice" to ultimately help secure the passage of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Lobby concludes by reprising
key lessons from the LCCR's organizational development and
participation in civil rights policymaking. Gelbman suggests new
directions for research on interest group coalitions and explores
how the Leadership Conference's experience sheds light on the
politics of the Second Reconstruction.
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