Search Results - "Elections"

From winning elections to influencing policy the electoral-policy link for minority voters / by Benham, Liza Abram, 1946-

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African Americans and the politics of congressional redistricting by Clayton, Dewey M.

Subjects: “…United States. Congress. House Election districts.…”
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Maximization, whatever the cost race, redistricting, and the Department of Justice / by Cunningham, Maurice T.

Subjects: “…United States. Congress. House Election districts.…”
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John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the politics of ethnic incorporation and avoidance by Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Understanding ethnicity and ethnic incorporation in the United States -- The subordination of Irish Catholics and African Americans -- Identity, solidarity and culture : Irish Catholics and African Americans -- Boston and Chicago and the rise of Kennedy and Obama -- Ethnic men : the Al Smith and Jesse Jackson campaigns -- The incorporation of the Catholic Irish, and the semi-incorporation of African Americans -- Kennedy and Obama : charisma, character and ethnic identity -- Religion and the election of 1960 -- Race and the election of 2008 -- The politics of ethnic avoidance in the Kennedy and Obama administrations.…”
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From Edward Brooke to Barack Obama African American political success, 1966-2008 / by Nordin, Dennis S. (Dennis Sven), 1942-

Subjects: “…Presidents United States Election 2008.…”
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Emancipation betrayed the hidden history of Black organizing and white violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the bloody election of 1920 / by Ortiz, Paul, 1964-

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Studies of identity in the 2008 presidential campaign

Subjects: “…Presidents United States Election 2008.…”
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The color of representation congressional behavior and Black interests / by Whitby, Kenny J., 1953-

Subjects: “…United States. Congress. House Election districts History.…”
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For the freedom of her race Black women and electoral politics in Illinois, 1877-1932 / by Materson, Lisa G.

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

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What's wrong with Obamamania? Black America, Black leadership, and the death of political imagination / by Jones, Ricky L.

Subjects: “…Presidents United States Election 2008.…”
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The two reconstructions the struggle for Black enfranchisement / by Valelly, Richard M.

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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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Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / Charles L. Zelden -- George W. …”
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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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Invisible activists women of the Louisiana NAACP and the struggle for civil rights, 1915-1945 / by Sartain, Lee

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Weapons of the utmost value : NAACP organizational history, 1909-1945 -- The sympathy of women : Black women's involvement in Louisiana civil rights up to 1920 -- Destined to bring splendid results : NAACP women's auxiliaries and networks, 1921-1945 -- God's valiant minority : teachers and civil rights -- Leaders who persevere : elected officials -- We are but Americans : Miss Georgia M. …”
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Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920 / by Schneider, Mark R. (Mark Robert), 1948-

Table of Contents: “…What kept abolition alive in Boston? -- The Federal Elections Bill of 1890 and Boston's upper class -- Booker T. …”
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Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / by Link, William A.

Table of Contents: “…A slave society : Virginia in the 1850s -- Boastful and belligerent champions of southern institutions : slavery and politics, 1851-1854 -- A uniform spirit of lawlessness : the problem of runaways -- A spirit of license in the guise of liberty : the survival of opposition, 1854-1856 -- The darkest and most perilous hours of our national existence : the deepening sectional crisis, 1856-1859 -- A black demon of fanaticism : Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860 -- To light the torch of servile insurrection : the secession crisis.…”
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Frederick Douglass selected speeches and writings / by Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Table of Contents: “…From the Kansas-Nebraska Act to the election of Abraham Lincoln -- pt. 5. From secession to the Emancipation Proclamation -- pt. 6. …”
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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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