his congressional speeches and published writings demonstrate the central role that morgan played in the drama of racial politics on capitol hill and in the national press from 1889 to 1891. more importantly, they reveal his leadership in forging the ideology of white supremacy that dominated american race relations from the 1890s to the 1960s. indeed, morgan emerged as the most prominent and notorious racist ideologue of his day, a man who, as much as any other individual, set the tone for the coming jim crow era.