Losing Power: African Americans and Racial Polarization in Tennessee Politics

by Ray Block and Sekou M Franklin

Book Overview

Tennessee has made tremendous strides in race relations since the end of de jure segregation. African Americans are routinely elected and appointed to state and local offices, the black vote has tremendous sway in statewide elections, and legally explicit forms of racial segregation have been outlawed. Yet the idea of transforming Tennessee into a racially equitable state--a notion that was central to the black freedom movement during the antebellum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820361739
• ISBN13: 9780820361734
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"