Race, power, and political emergence in Memphis /

Race, power, and political emergence in Memphis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Sharon D.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Garland, [2003]
Series:Garland studies on race and politics.
Subjects:
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations.
Memphis (Tenn.) > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.