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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459384903321

Titolo

Whose Black politics? : cases in post-racial Black leadership / / edited by Andra Gillespie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-85107-7

1-135-85108-5

1-282-97528-5

9786612975288

0-203-89372-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GillespieAndra

Disciplina

323.1196/073

Soggetti

African American leadership

African Americans - Politics and government

African American politicians

African Americans - Race identity

Post-racialism - United States

African Americans - History - 1964-

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Political aspects Case studies

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Meet the New Class: Theorizing Young Black Leadership in a "Postracial" Era; Part I Creating Opportunity: How Young Black Politicians Break Into the Political Scene; 2 Racial Authenticity and Redistricting: A Comparison of Artur Davis's 2000 and 2002 Congressional Campaigns; 3 Losing and Winning: Cory Booker's Ascent to Newark's Mayoralty; Part II Inheritance and Governance: What Black Political Scions Do Once They Get Elected

4 Like Father, Like Son?: Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Tenure as a U.S. Congressman5 Hype, Hip-Hop, and Heartbreak: The Rise and Fall of



Kwame Kilpatrick; Part III The Rise of Barack Obama and Its Implications for Black Politics; 6 The Burden of Jekyll and Hyde: Barack Obama, Racial Identity, and Black Political Behavior; 7 Leadership, Legitimacy, and Public Perceptions of Barack Obama; Part IV New Perspectives on Deracialization; 8 Between Generations: Deval Patrick's Election as Massachusetts' First Black Governor

9 The Declining Significance of Race: Adrian Fenty and the Smooth Electoral Transition10 Situational Deracialization, Harold Ford, and the 2006 Senate Race in Tennessee; 11 The "Steele Problem" and the New Republican Battle for Black Votes: Legacy, Loyalty, and Lexicon in Maryland's 2006 Senate Contest; Part V Intersectionality and African-American Politics in the Twenty-First Century; 12 Race, Religion, and Post-9/11 America: The Election of Keith Ellison; 13 Young, Gifted, Black, and Female: Why Aren't There More Yvette Clarkes in Congress?; Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?

ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new vanguard in African American political leaders. They came of age after Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, they were raised in integrated neighborhoods and educated in majority white institutions, and they are more likely to embrace deracialized campaign and governance strategies. Members of this new cohort, such as Cory Booker, Artur Davis, and Barack Obama, have often publicly clashed with their elders, either in campaigns or over points of policy. And because this generation did not experience codified racism, critics q