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Author Wright, Sharon D.

Title Race, power, and political emergence in Memphis [electronic resource] / Sharon D. Wright.

Imprint New York : Garland, c2000.

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Description xviii, 218 p. : ill.
Series Garland studies on race and politics
Garland studies on race and politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0203905032
0815330839

 
    
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