Chandler Davidson Explained

Franklin Chandler Davidson (May 13, 1936  - April 10, 2021) was a professor of public policy and expert on voting rights at Rice University.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Chandler served in the U.S. Navy from 1959-1961, received a degree in philosophy (1961) from the University of Texas, and went on to receive a M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University. He later co-founded the sociology department at Rice University.^[4]

For his research, he conducted numerous recorded interviews of Texas politicians,^[5] and was asked to testify as an expert before the U.S. Congress on voting issues.^[6] His work with political scientist Bernard Grofman and 30 other researchers studied the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the Southern United States, and led to the publication of the book, Quiet Revolution in the South, (1994).^[4]

Rice holds his collection of papers and research materials.^[7]

Work

• Biracial Politics : Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South (1972)^[8]
• Minority Vote Dilution (1984), editor^[9]
• Quiet Revolution in the South co-written with Bernard Grofman^[10]
• Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective with Bernard Grofman^[11]
• Race and Class in Texas Politics^[12]

External links

• Chandler Davidson Texas Politics research collection

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chandler Davidson, leading expert on voting rights, dies at 84. Brittany. Britto. April 22, 2021. Houston Chronicle.
2. Web site: Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans -- Chandler Davidson. www.crmvet.org.
3. Web site: Rice remembers Chandler Davidson, founding member of Department of Sociology. news.rice.edu.
4. Web site: Britto . Brittany . Chandler Davidson, leading expert on voting rights, dies at 84 . Houston Chronicle . 5 July 2021 . 22 April 2021.
5. Web site: Chandler Davidson Texas Politics research collection, circa 1970s (MS 259). scholarship.rice.edu. 1911/93689.
6. Web site: Chandler Davidson | C-SPAN.org. www.c-span.org.
7. Web site: Guide to the Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers, 1961-2006 MS 528. Chandler. Davidson. legacy.lib.utexas.edu.
8. Johnson . Tobe . Review of Biracial Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South. . The Journal of Politics . 5 July 2021 . 239–241 . 36 . 10.2307/2129130 . 1974. 2129130 .
9. Minority Vote Dilution edited by Chandler Davidson. 5 July 2021. National Black Law Journal. 1989. 11. 2. King. Rebecca J..
10. 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.. Mark E.. Rush. March 5, 1996. American Political Science Review. 90. 1. 187. Cambridge University Press. 10.2307/2082826. 2082826. 152132676 .
11. Book: Controversies in minority voting: the Voting Rights Act in perspective . Brookings Institution . 5 July 2021 . English . 1992. 25411286 .
12. Race and Class in Texas Politics. Chandler Davidson. Mildred A.. Schwartz. September 1, 1991. American Journal of Sociology. 97. 2. 536–537. journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon). 10.1086/229789.