Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
Preface and acknowledgments -- Foreword -- List of tables -- List of illustrations -- ch. 1. The role of race in local electoral politics -- ch. 2. Black politics and race relations in Memphis during reconstruction -- ch. 3. The Crump machine and Black Memphis -- ch. 4. The civil rights movement in Memphis -- ch. 5. Racial polarization and electoral behavior, 1975-87 -- ch. 6. The 1991 Memphis mayoral election : W.W. Herenton targets Black mobilization -- ch. 7. The limits of mayoral power and the ethnoracial transition in Memphis -- ch. 8. The continuing search for full incorporation in Memphis -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Index.