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Howard also studied Morrison's three gubernatorial campaigns, 1956, 1960, and 1964, from a sociological standpoint and found that the former [[New Orleans]] [[mayor]] improved his showing in each race but still fell short of victory, having been defeated by [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], Jimmie Davis, and [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=4233033|author=Mark Thomas Carleton|title=The Gubernatorial Campaigns of deLesseps S. Morrison|publisher=jstor|volume=34|pages=261–270}}</ref>

Howard also studied Morrison's three gubernatorial campaigns, 1956, 1960, and 1964, from a sociological standpoint and found that the former [[New Orleans]] [[mayor]] improved his showing in each race but still fell short of victory, having been defeated by [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], Jimmie Davis, and [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=4233033|author=Mark Thomas Carleton|title=The Gubernatorial Campaigns of deLesseps S. Morrison|publisher=jstor|volume=34|pages=261–270}}</ref>

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In 1971, Howard published through LSU ''Political Tendencies in Louisiana,'' a 476-page scholarly study of his adopted state's political climate from statehood through 1970. Chapters include "Two-Party Politics, Louisiana Style, 1834–1852", "Another Look at [[Reconstruction]]," "The Rise of [[Huey Long|Longism]]," "The Long Era, Bifactional Politics, 1928–1956", and "The Issue of Civil Rights and Presidential Elections."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com|title=Political Tendencies in Louisiana|publisher=questia.com|accessdate=February 9, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref>

In 1971, Howard published through LSU ''Political Tendencies in Louisiana,'' a 476-page scholarly study of his adopted state's political climate from statehood through 1970. Chapters include "Two-Party Politics, Louisiana Style, 1834–1852", "Another Look at [[Reconstruction]]," "The Rise of [[Longism]]," "The Long Era, Bifactional Politics, 1928–1956", and "The Issue of Civil Rights and Presidential Elections."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com|title=Political Tendencies in Louisiana|publisher=questia.com|accessdate=February 9, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref>

In 1972, Howard wrote a review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County'' (1970), by Frederick M. Wirt, an examination of how [[civil rights]] laws passed between 1957 and 1965 changed the political, social, and cultural fabric at the local level in Panola County, [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2576810|title=Review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County''|publisher= | volume=50|pages=541–542}}</ref> In 1978, Howard published a review of John Dittmer's ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920,'' in which he noted that the spirit of the black community coupled with some interracial cooperation at the time provided the thrust for the later dismantlement of [[segregation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/439/1/173|title=Review of ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920''|publisher=sagepub.com: ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,'' Vol. 439, No. 1, 173 (1978)|accessdate=February 9, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref>

In 1972, Howard wrote a review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County'' (1970), by Frederick M. Wirt, an examination of how [[civil rights]] laws passed between 1957 and 1965 changed the political, social, and cultural fabric at the local level in Panola County, [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2576810|title=Review of ''Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County''|publisher= | volume=50|pages=541–542}}</ref> In 1978, Howard published a review of John Dittmer's ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920,'' in which he noted that the spirit of the black community coupled with some interracial cooperation at the time provided the thrust for the later dismantlement of [[segregation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/439/1/173|title=Review of ''Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920''|publisher=sagepub.com: ''The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,'' Vol. 439, No. 1, 173 (1978)|accessdate=February 9, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref>