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In the 1900s to 1930s leading reneck politicians included senators [[Tom Watson]] of Georgia, [[Ben Tillman]] and [[Cole Blease]] of South Carolina, [[Theodore Bilbo]] of Mississippi and, especially, [[Huey Long]] of Louisiana.  In the 1960s Governor [[George Wallace]] of Alabama made national headlines in his two runs for the White House using redneck rhetoric.

In the 1900s to 1930s leading reneck politicians included senators [[Tom Watson]] of Georgia, [[Ben Tillman]] and [[Cole Blease]] of South Carolina, [[Theodore Bilbo]] of Mississippi and, especially, [[Huey Long]] of Louisiana.  In the 1960s Governor [[George Wallace]] of Alabama made national headlines in his two runs for the White House using redneck rhetoric.

==Recent usage==

==Recent usage==

Beginning in 1960s poor working-class white Southerners started to call themselves rednecks, redefining the word to mean an honest, hardworking man who respects traditional Southern values. Their use of the term also suggested a racial and class solidarity that set them apart from the upheaval of the civil rights movement, the 1960s counterculture, and the women's liberation movement.<ref> Huber (1995)</ref>  

Beginning in 1960s poor working-class white Southerners started to call themselves rednecks, redefining the word to mean an honest, hardworking man who respects traditional Southern values. Their use of the term also suggested a racial and class solidarity that set them apart from the upheaval of the [[civil rights movement]], the 1960s [[counterculture]], and the [[feminism|women's liberation movement]].<ref> Huber (1995)</ref>  

==see also==

 

==See also==

* [[Yeoman]]

* [[Yeoman]]

* [[Populism]]

* [[Populism]]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Carr, Duane. ''A Question of Class: The Redneck Stereotype in Southern Fiction.'' Bowling Green State U. Popular Press, 1996. 188 pp.

* Carr, Duane. ''A Question of Class: The Redneck Stereotype in Southern Fiction.'' Bowling Green State U. Popular Press, 1996. 188 pp.

* Wray, Matt. ''Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Not-Quite-White-Boundaries-Whiteness/dp/0822338734/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243234315&sr=1-10 excerpyt and text search]

* Wray, Matt. ''Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Not-Quite-White-Boundaries-Whiteness/dp/0822338734/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243234315&sr=1-10 excerpyt and text search]

   

   

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==See also==

==External Sites==

*[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]

*[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]

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