Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
Contents
Black empowerment and the 1965 voting rights act -- Leverage politics and the 1984 and 1988 Jackson campaigns -- Black mobilization in the presidential elections of 1992, 1996, and 1998 -- Diluting black voting power: the supreme court in the 1990s and the 2000 presidential election in Florida -- Election reform: revisiting the right to vote -- Leverage politics and the 2004 primary election scenario: the Sharpton and Moseley Braun campaigns -- Black turnout and the 2004 presidential election -- The 1965 voting rights act: leveraging the power of the black vote.