04728oam 2200793I 450 991045938490332120200520144314.01-135-85107-71-135-85108-51-282-97528-597866129752880-203-89372-710.4324/9780203893722 (CKB)2670000000008921(EBL)465475(OCoLC)569451011(SSID)ssj0000344466(PQKBManifestationID)11293545(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344466(PQKBWorkID)10313291(PQKB)11536283(MiAaPQ)EBC465475(Au-PeEL)EBL465475(CaPaEBR)ebr10361722(CaONFJC)MIL297528(OCoLC)569451011 (EXLCZ)99267000000000892120180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhose Black politics? cases in post-racial Black leadership /edited by Andra GillespieNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (350 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-99216-8 0-415-99215-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Elected4 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 Governor9 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?ContributorsIndexThe 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 qAfrican American leadershipCase studiesAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentCase studiesAfrican American politiciansCase studiesAfrican AmericansRace identityCase studiesPost-racialismUnited StatesCase studiesAfrican AmericansHistory1964-United StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsCase studiesUnited StatesPolitics and government1989-Electronic books.African American leadershipAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican American politiciansAfrican AmericansRace identityPost-racialismAfrican AmericansHistory323.1196/073Gillespie Andra846035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459384903321Whose Black politics2130375UNINA