| Description |
xii, 246 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Annotation For a variety of reasons, contemporary black political organizations have generally been ignored in the scholarly literature on American interest groups. Johnson (political science, U. San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador) and Stanford (formerly political science and African American Studies, U. of Georgia) present this collection of 11 papers as a corrective. The contributions are diverse in subject and argument, with examinations of the leadership style of the Nation of Islam, the history and ideology of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the persistence of welfare rights activism, and the political involvement of black churches. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
College Audience Rutgers University Press |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Politics and government.
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African American politicians.
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African American leadership.
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African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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African American political activists.
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African Americans -- Societies, etc.
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| Author |
Johnson, Ollie A., 1962-
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Stanford, Karin L., 1961-
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| LC no. |
2002024835 |
| ISBN |
081353139X alkaline paper |
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0813531403 paperback alkaline paper |
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