03734nam 2200637 a 450 991079198570332120200520144314.01-283-15072-797866131507210-226-24132-710.7208/9780226241326(CKB)2560000000073263(EBL)688817(OCoLC)721195318(SSID)ssj0000522961(PQKBManifestationID)11366835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522961(PQKBWorkID)10539644(PQKB)10069454(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122692(MiAaPQ)EBC688817(DE-B1597)523250(DE-B1597)9780226241326(Au-PeEL)EBL688817(CaPaEBR)ebr10468515(CaONFJC)MIL315072(EXLCZ)99256000000007326320020515d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGoing home[electronic resource] Black representatives and their constituents /Richard F. FennoChicago University of Chicago Press20031 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-24131-9 0-226-24130-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-281) and index.1. African American house members and representation -- 2. Louis Stokes : 1970-1976 -- 3. Barbara Jordon : 1972-1973 -- 4. Chaka Fattah : 1996-2001 -- 5. Louis Stokes : postscript, 1998 -- 6. Stephanie Tubbs Jones : 2000-2002 -- 7. Conclusion.Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In Going Home, the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant-and means today-to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office. Fenno follows the careers of four black representatives-Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah, and Stephanie Tubbs Jones-from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in part based on their individual preferences, and in part based on the history of black politics in America), they shared crucial organizational and symbolic connections to their constituents. These connections, which draw on a sense of "linked fates," are ones that only black representatives can provide to black constituents. His detailed portraits and incisive analyses will be important for anyone interested in the workings of Congress or in black politics.African AmericansPolitics and governmentCase studiesAfrican American legislatorsCase studiesrepresentation, voters, black politicians, stephanie tubbs jones, chaka fattah, barbara jordan, louis stokes, district, capitol, legislators, politics, history, nonfiction, constituency, constituents, congress, communication, government, diversity, inclusion, influence, personal goals, experience, strategy, negotiation, connections, liberty hill baptist church, campaign, dewey street award program, party, protection, minority, race, racism, discrimination, bias, political science.African AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican American legislators328.73/092/396073Fenno Richard F.1926-255549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791985703321Going home3723237UNINA