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1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the relevance of Black political organizations in the post-Civil Rights era / Ollie A. Johnson III and Karin L. Stanford -- Will the circle be unbroken? The political involvement of Black churches since the 1960s / Allison Calhoun-Brown -- The NAACP in the twenty-first century / Robert C. Smith -- The National Urban League: reinventing service for the twenty-first century / Jennifer A. Wade and Brian N. Williams -- A layin' on of hands: Black women's community work / Erika L. Gordon -- From protest to Black conservatism: the demise of the Congress of Racial Equality / Charles E. Jones -- "You're not ready for Farrakhan": the Nation of Islam and the struggle for Black political leadership, 1984-2000 / Claude A. Clegg III -- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference: beyond the Civil Rights Movement / F. Carl Walton -- Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: institutionalizing economic opportunity / Karin L. Stanford -- "We refused to lay down our spears": the persistence of welfare rights activism, 1966-1996 / Todd C. Shaw -- Black political leadership in the Post-Civil Rights era / Akwasi B. Assensoh and Yvette Alex-Assensoh -- Where do we go from here? Facing the challenges of the post-Civil Rights era / Valerie C. Johnson. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
We know a great deal about civil rights organizations during the 1960s, but relatively little about black political organizations since that decade. Questions of focus, accountability, structure, and relevance have surrounded these groups since the modern Civil Rights Movement ended in 1968. Political scientists Ollie A. Johnson III and Karin L. Stanford have assembled a group of scholars who examine the leadership, membership, structure, goals, ideology, activities, accountability, and impact of contemporary black political organizations and their leaders. Questions considered are: How have t. |
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African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Societies, etc.
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African American leadership.
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African American political activists.
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African Americans.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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African American leadership. (OCoLC)fst00799219
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African American political activists. (OCoLC)fst00799307
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African Americans -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00799659
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African Americans -- Societies, etc. (OCoLC)fst00799705
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Politologi. |
| Added Author |
Johnson, Ollie A., 1962-
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Stanford, Karin L., 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black political organizations in the post-civil rights era. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2002 081353139X 0813531403 (DLC) 2002024835 (OCoLC)49375317 |
| ISBN |
0813534909 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813534909 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813547015 (electronic bk.) |
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0813547016 (electronic bk.) |
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