| African Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook Contributor(s): Thompson, Bennie Gordon (Foreword by), Morrison, Minion K. C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 157607837X ISBN-13: 9781576078372 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $72.27 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 323.042 |
| LCCN: 2003013700 |
| Series: Political Participation in America |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.16" W x 10.02" (1.48 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With contributions by several of the field's experts, this concise, provocative volume explores the evolution and current status of African American political action. Focusing on distinct types of activity (protest politics, grassroots movements, electoral politics, political office holding), it charts the unique development of African Americans as they progressed from enslavement by whites to empowerment as citizens to an ever-growing influence on elections. As the book vividly demonstrates, African Americans' efforts to act on their own political behalf didn't begin in the 1960s. Even while enslaved, black people courageously launched petitions, instigated strikes on plantations, and staged full-blown revolts, creating a legacy of activism that expanded through the abolition movement, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the post-World War II civil rights movement, and into the present. |