African-American mayors : race, politics, and the American city / edited by David R. Colburn and Jeffrey S. Adler.

Other author Colburn, David R.
Other author Adler, Jeffrey S.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2001.
Descriptionviii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
African American mayors--History. --20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government. --20th century.
Municipal government--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Race relations. --Political aspects.
United States--Politics and government. --1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government. --1989-.

Contents Running for office : African-American mayors from 1967 to 1996 / David R. Colburn -- Black political power and its limits : Gary Mayor Richard G. Hatcher's administration, 1968-87 / James B. Lane -- Carl Stokes : Mayor of Cleveland / Leonard N. Moore -- Harold and Dutch revisited : a comparative look at the first Black mayors of Chicago and New Orleans / Arnold R. Hirsch -- Mayor David Dinkins and the politics of race in New York City / Roger Biles -- Tom Bradley and the politics of race / Heather R. Parker -- African-American mayors and governance in Atlanta / Ronald H. Bayor -- Protest and power in Washington, D.C. : the troubled legacy of Marion Barry / Howard Gillette, Jr. -- Rethinking the collapse of postwar liberalism : the rise of Mayor Coleman Young and the politics of race in Detroit / Heather Ann Thompson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00010609
ISBN0252026349 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E185.615 .A5924 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold