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

By: Wright, Sharon D.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Garland studies on race and politics: Publisher: New York : Garland, c2000Description: xviii, 218 p. : ill.Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.

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.

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