| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Dr. Pearl K. Dowe -- Introduction. An opportunity for us to rise : winning and governing in cities / Sharon D. Wright Austin -- Black female mayors in small and medium-sized cities. Let this "little girl" come in and clean it up : Deirdre Waterman of Pontiac and Karen Weaver of Flint / Sharon D. Wright Austin and Marcella Mulholland ; Progress comes at a price : Aja Brown and Acquanetta Warren govern California Cities / Precious Hall and Sharon D. Wright Austin ; We can't turn a blind eye to change : Mayor Lovely Warren of Rochester, New York / Angela K. Lewis-Maddox and Stephanie Y. Pink-Harper ; Others may not be able to see what I see now : Black female mayors in Florida / Ashley Robertson Preston, LaRaven Temoney, and Kelly Briana Richardson ; There's no job too big to benefit from a small-town person's perspective : African American female mayors in the Mississippi Delta / Emmitt Y. Riley III, Minion K.C. Morrison, and Yolanda Jones -- Black female mayors in major metropolitan cities. A woman whose father didn't graduate from high school can become this city's first female African American mayor : Mayor Vi Lyles of Charlotte / Andrea Benjamin ; When we ignore the will of the people, the people lose : the improbable election of Lori Lightfoot of Chicago / Valerie C. Johnson ; I'd rather go down fighting than stand as a loser : Atlanta mayors Shirley Franklin and Keisha Lance Bottoms / Fatemeh Shafiei and Sharon D. Wright Austin ; Baltimore must develop an inclusive solution that does not leave anyone out : Black female mayors in the age of #BlackLivesMatter / Jamil Scott, Nadia E. Brown, and Christina Greer -- The frustrations have been festering for twelve years : Washington, DC, mayors Sharon Pratt and Muriel Bowser / Linda Trautman ; Leadership is not about winning a popularity contest : Louisiana's Black female mayors / Sharon D. Wright Austin, Taisha Saintil, and Lauren King ; If you only knew what I had to go through to get here : London Breed, political Black womanism, and San Francisco politics / James Lance Taylor -- Conclusion. You have to work together : lessons learned from Black female mayoral experiences / Sharon D. Wright Austin |
| Summary |
"Political Black Girl Magic explores black women's experiences as mayors in American cities. The editor and contributors to this comprehensive volume examine black female mayoral campaigns and elections where race and gender are a factor--and where deracialized campaigns have garnered candidate support from white as well as Hispanic and Asian American voters. Chapters also consider how Black female mayors govern, from discussions of their pursuit of economic growth and how they use their power to enact positive reforms to the challenges they face that inhibit their abilities to cater to neglected communities. Case studies in this interdisciplinary volume include female mayors in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Compton, and Washington, DC, among other cities, along with discussion of each official's political context. Covering mayors from the 1960s to the present, Political Black Girl Magic identifies the most significant obstacles black women have faced as mayors and mayoral candidates, and seeks to understand how race, gender, or the combination of both affected them"-- ProQuest Ebook Central resource page, viewed October 25, 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed October 25, 2023) |
| Subject |
African American women politicians.
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Women mayors -- United States
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African American mayors.
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African American women -- Political activity
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African American mayors
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African American women -- Political activity
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African American women politicians
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Women mayors
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wright Austin, Sharon D., 1965- editor.
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Ford, Pearl K., 1972- writer of foreword.
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| LC no. |
2022040084 |
| ISBN |
9781439920299 |
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143992029X |
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