02463nam 2200553 a 450 991079184570332120230207232759.01-283-03092-697866130309240-7618-5077-5(CKB)2560000000061954(EBL)669794(OCoLC)707068968(SSID)ssj0000519709(PQKBManifestationID)12175796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519709(PQKBWorkID)10497203(PQKB)10701309(MiAaPQ)EBC669794(Au-PeEL)EBL669794(CaPaEBR)ebr10454786(CaONFJC)MIL303092(EXLCZ)99256000000006195420100325d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhetoric of black mayors[electronic resource] in their own words /Deborah F. AtwaterLanham, Md. University Press of America20101 online resource (117 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-5076-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Wilson Goode: Mayor as Technocrat and Pioneer, Philadelphia, PA; Chapter Two; James Sills, Jr.: Mayor as Educator, Wilmington, DE; Chapter Three; Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly: African American Woman Reformer, Mayor, Washington, DC; Chapter Four; Aaron Thompson: Mayor as Caretaker, Camden, NJ; Chapter Five; Marvin Wilson: Mayor as Purveyor of Hope, Glenarden, MD; Chapter Six; Kwame Malik Kilpatrick: Mayor as Rising Star/Fallen Angel, Detroit, MI; Chapter Seven; Conclusion; BibliographyThis book explores rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities. Atwater discusses and analyzes the process of creating coalitions by each mayor by dealing with the news coverage of the mayors by both the black and mainstream press and including interviews.Black peopleSocial conditionsBlack peopleSocial conditions.320.85408996073973.04Atwater Deborah F1476498MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791845703321The rhetoric of black mayors3691192UNINA