African-American mayors : race, politics, and the American city /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Colburn, David R., Adler, Jeffrey S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2001]
Subjects:	African American mayors > History > 20th century. African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century. United States > Race relations > Political aspects. Municipal government > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1989-

Table of Contents:

Running for office : African-American mayors from 1967 to 1996 / David R. Colburn
Black political power and its limits : Gary Mayor Richard G. Hatcher's administration, 1968-87 / James B. Lane
Carl Stokes : Mayor of Cleveland / Leonard N. Moore
Harold and Dutch revisited : a comparative look at the first Black mayors of Chicago and New Orleans / Arnold R. Hirsch
Mayor David Dinkins and the politics of race in New York City / Roger Biles
Tom Bradley and the politics of race / Heather R. Parker
African-American mayors and governance in Atlanta / Ronald H. Bayor
Protest and power in Washington, D.C. : the troubled legacy of Marion Barry / Howard Gillette, Jr.
Rethinking the collapse of postwar liberalism : the rise of Mayor Coleman Young and the politics of race in Detroit / Heather Ann Thompson.