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Black power in Dixie : a political history of African Americans in Atlanta / Alton Hornsby Jr. ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.
Van Pelt Library F294.A89 N4443 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hornsby, Alton.
- Series:
- Southern dissent
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Political leadership.
- History.
- Politics and government.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government.
- Atlanta (Ga.).
- Political leadership--Georgia--Atlanta--History.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
- Georgia--Atlanta.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 From Reconstruction to the Nadir, 1867-1908 12
- 2 The Nadir of Black Political Influence, 1909-1932 28
- 3 The Return to Electoral Politics, 1932-1946 51
- 4 The Dawn of Political Influence, 1947-1961 74
- 5 The Growth of Political Influence, 1961-1970 105
- 6 Black Power Triumphant, 1970-1981 130
- 7 Solidification and Stratification, 1982-1990 183
- 8 Black Public Education in Atlanta: From Segregation to Segregation, 1950-1988 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813032825
- 0813032822
- OCLC:
- 226356631
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