African Americans and Political Participation - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, New)

This handbook provides a thorough treatment of the various mechanisms African Americans have used to participate in U.S. political affairs from the colonial era to the present. 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.

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Political Participation in America
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	July 2003
Editors:	Minion K.C. Morrison
Foreword by:	Bennie Gordon Thompson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-57607-837-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-57607-837-X
Barcode:	9781576078372

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