African Americans and Political Participation : A Reference Handbook,9781576078372

African Americans and Political Participation : A Reference Handbook

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ISBN13: 9781576078372
ISBN10: 157607837X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-07-01
Publisher(s): Abc-Clio Inc
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Summary

This handbook provides a thorough treatment of the various mechanisms African Americans have used to participate in U.S. political affairs from the colonial era to the present.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Bennie Gordon Thompson
Series Foreword xix
Raymond A. Smith
Preface xxi
Minion K. C. Morrison
Overview
1(62)
Minion K. C. Morrison
The Differential Status of African Americans: The Long Shadow of Enslavement and the Continuity of Resistance
2(1)
The Study of African American Politics
3(4)
Who Are the African Americans?
7(6)
African American Demographic Resources and the Political Process
13(21)
Political Processes: The Slavery Era to the Present
34(15)
Post-Depression Political Realignment: The New Democratic Coalition
49(9)
Conclusion
58(1)
References
58(5)
Protest Politics, Hanes Walton Jr.
63(54)
Political Science and African American Protest
64(5)
An Alternative Model: Resource Mobilization
69(2)
African American Protests: Colonial, Slavery, and Abolition Periods
71(10)
Political Protest: National Organizations and Abolition
81(5)
The Source of Race Leadership: Protest Spokespeople
86(3)
The Institutional Church: Leadership, Protest, and Lobbying
89(2)
Legalism as a Protest and Lobbying Technique
91(4)
The Rise of Protest Demonstrations, Boycotts, and Political Violence
95(11)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: A Case Study
106(3)
The Rebirth of the Clientage Leader: The Post-Civil Rights Era
109(1)
Conclusion
110(2)
References
112(5)
Civil Rights Organizations and Movements
117(66)
Lawrence J. Hanks
African American Organizations in the Context of U.S. Interest Groups
119(4)
The African American Church and Religious Leadership
123(5)
Richard Allen and the AME Church: A Case Study
128(5)
The Back to Africa Movement
133(6)
Marcus Garvey: A Case Study of a Back to Africa Movement
139(6)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
145(6)
The National Urban League
151(5)
The Nation of Islam (Black Muslims in America)
156(5)
The Million Man March: A Case Study
161(2)
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
163(5)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
168(8)
Conclusion
176(1)
References
177(6)
Participation in Electoral Politics
183(58)
Byron D'Andra Orey
Reginald Vance
Some Determinants of Political Behavior
184(3)
African American Public Opinion and Partisan Identification
187(2)
Racially Polarized Voting: An Outcome of Racial Exclusion and In-Group Processes
189(2)
Political Behavior in the Colonial and Slavery Periods
191(3)
Black Third-Party Efforts: A Case Study
194(2)
Political Participation during Reconstruction
196(1)
The Republican Party Identification: The Legacy of Lincoln
197(3)
Reconstruction in South Carolina: Black over White---A Case Study
200(3)
The Collapse of Reconstruction and Continued Republican Identification
203(2)
African American Migration and the Emergence of the New Deal Democratic Coalition
205(2)
The Democratic Party: Post-New Deal Coalition
207(3)
The African American Democratic Bloc in National Politics
210(1)
The African American Presidential Vote, 1952--2000
211(6)
Post-Civil Rights Local Political Behavior
217(6)
The Black Political Party Revisited
223(5)
Democratic Party Conventions: Black Delegates and Black Presidential Candidates
228(6)
Conclusion
234(3)
References
237(4)
African Americans in Office
241(68)
Minion K. C. Morrison
Richard Middleton, IV
The Meanings of Formal Office Holding
242(2)
Foundations of Constant Struggle for Equality: Slavery and Ambivalence in Application of the Law
244(3)
Formal Participation during Reconstruction
247(12)
Political Participation from Post-Reconstruction to the Great Migration
259(6)
The Great Migration and Party Realignment
265(4)
The Civil Rights Movement, the New Democratic Coalition, and Judicial Activism
269(3)
Post-Voting Rights Act Office Holding: A Census
272(11)
African American Political and Bureaucratic Leadership
283(10)
African Americans in the Federal Judiciary
293(4)
Electoral Leadership and the African American Agenda
297(1)
Jesse Jackson: A Democratic Party Contender for President
298(4)
Conclusion
302(3)
References
305(4)
Conclusion: A Limited Democracy for Blacks
309(6)
Minion K. C. Morrison
Key People, Laws, and Terms 315(16)
Resources 331(16)
Chronology 347(10)
Annotated Bibliography 357(26)
About the Contributors 383(2)
Index 385

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