Black politics and Black political behavior : a linkage analysis / edited by Hanes Walton, Jr. ; foreword by Roosevelt Green, Jr.

Other author Walton, Hanes, Jr., 1941-2013.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.
Descriptionxxxix, 371 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Politics and government.
African American political candidates.

Contents The African-American church and political behavior / Roosevelt Green, Jr. -- Let freedom ring / Ja A. Jahannes -- Michael Dooley / Frank D. Williams -- Black politics during the era of presidents Reagan and Bush / Kenneth A. Jordan and Modibo M. Kadalie -- The theoretical linkages. The nature of black politics and black political behavior / Hanes Walton, Jr. -- The study of black politics : notes on rethinking the paradigm / Rickey Hill -- Black southern politics : the influences of Bunche, Martin, and Key ; The national linkages. Black political parties and Congress : the role of the Congressional Record / Hanes Walton, Jr. -- The Jesse Jackson campaign and the institutionalization of grass-roots politics : a comparative perspective / Leslie B. McLemore and Mary D. Coleman -- Black rural medicine : Dr. Elijah Washington-- and a black health policy / Hanes Walton, Jr. -- The state-contextual linkages. The black elected elites in Mississippi : the post-civil rights apportionment era / Mary D. Coleman -- Black politics in Tidewater, Virginia / Elsie M. Barnes and Ronald E. Proctor -- Symbolic politics : Mel King-- the mayoral candidate in Boston / Toni-Michelle C. Travis -- Black voting behavior in the segregation era : 1944-1964 / Hanes Walton, Jr.
Contents The procedural linkages. The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and the Office of the Governor : 1975-1994 / Robert A. Holmes -- State Legislative Black Caucus influence on legislative policy agendas : continuities and variations in North Carolina / Cheryl M. Miller -- The political use of absentee ballots in a rural black-belt county : Dr. Merolyn Stewart-Gaulden's election campaign for Taliaferro County school superintendent / Hanes Walton, Jr. -- Black political recall and black politics : a case study / Marion Orr -- The gender linkages. Black women in politics : a research note / Sheila F. Harmon-Martin -- The political behavior of black women : contextual, structural, and psychological factors / Saundra C. Ardrey -- The first black female gubernatorial candidate in Georgia : state representative Mildred Glover / Hanes Walton, Jr. and Johnny Campbell, Jr. -- Black female presidential candidates : Bass, Mitchell, Chisholm, Wright, Reid, David, and Fulani / Hanes Walton, Jr. -- An enduring linkage. Black southern politics : a look at the tradition and the future / Hanes Walton, Jr. and Daniel Brantley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [341]-359) and index.
LCCN 93050062
ISBN0275948323 (alk. paper)