The first comprehensive study of African American suburban political empowerment.
The country’s largest concentration of African American suburban affluence represents a unique laboratory to study the internal factors associated with African American political ascendancy and the convergence of race and class. Black Power in the Suburbs chronicles Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the twenty-three year quest by African Americans to influence educational policy and become equal partners in the county’s governing coalition. Johnson challenges conventional notions of a monolithic community by addressing the manner in which class cleavages among African Americans affect their representation and policy interests in suburbia. She also documents white resistance to power sharing and the impact of school desegregation on white population trends.
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List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
1. African-American Suburban Political Incorporation
2. Prince George’s County: Politics and the African-American Migration
3. Social and Economic Characteristics of Prince George’s County, Maryland
4. The Quest for African-American Political Representation in Prince George’s County, Maryland
5. African-American Prince Georgians: Mobilization for Key Appointments
6. African-American Prince Georgians: Policy Influence in the Education Arena
7. The Myth or Reality of African-American Suburban Political Incorporation
8. A Tale of Two Counties—Present and Past, Affluent and Poor
Appendix A: Questionnaire for African-American Community Leaders
Appendix B: Questionnaire for African-American Elected Officials
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Sobre el autor
Valerie C. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
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