Whose Black Politics?: Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership

Book Overview

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new vanguard in African American political leaders. They came of age after Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, they were raised in integrated neighborhoods and educated in majority white institutions, and they are more likely to embrace deracialized campaign and governance strategies. Members of this new cohort, such as Cory Booker, Artur Davis, and Barack Obama, have often publicly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415992168
• ISBN13: 9780415992169
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 9.0"