Search Results - "Elections"

The Colfax massacre the untold story of Black power, White terror, and the death of Reconstruction / by Keith, LeeAnna

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The new Black politician Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / by Gillespie, Andra

Table of Contents: “…The Clash of Two Black Americas -- Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement -- Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker -- Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election -- pt. 2. It's Not Easy Being Elite : Governing Challenges in Post Racial Black America -- Winning : The 2006 Election -- Policy Is Politics -- Perception Is Reality : Judging Cory Booker -- The Politics of Perception : Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs -- 2010 : Electoral Politics Revisited -- Joshua, Esther and Uncle Julius : Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Methodological Notes -- Appendix B: List of Interviewees.…”
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Making Minnesota liberal civil rights and the transformation of the Democratic Party / by Delton, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Alice), 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The rise and fall of the Farmer-Labor Party -- The new two-party liberalism -- Antiracism and the politics of unity -- The Black communities in Minnesota -- An independent Black interest group -- Civil rights in local politics -- Civil rights in party politics -- The 1948 election and the triumph of the Democratic political order -- Civil rights and the fate of postwar liberalism.…”
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Race, power, and political emergence in Memphis by Wright, Sharon D.

Table of Contents: “…The 1991 Memphis mayoral election: W.W. Herenton targets Black mobilization -- ch. 7. …”
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