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Racial politics at the crossroads : Memphis elects Dr. W.W. Herenton / Marcus D. Pohlmann and Michael P. Kirby.
LIBRA JS1097.3 .P65 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pohlmann, Marcus D., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayors--Tennessee--Memphis--Elections.
- Mayors.
- African American mayors.
- Tennessee--Memphis.
- Elections.
- Herenton, W. W. (Willie W.), 1943-.
- Herenton, W. W.
- Mayors--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.
- Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government.
- Memphis (Tenn.).
- African American mayors--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 269 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1996.
- Contents:
- The political context
- White politics
- The Hackett years
- Black politics
- Dr. W. W. Herenton
- The electoral context
- The election of 1991
- The Hackett campaign
- The Herenton campaign
- The election
- Implications and prospects for the future
- Conclusion : racial reflexivity in Memphis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0870499262
- 0870499270
- OCLC:
- 33013998
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