02460nam 2200565 a 450 991080683270332120240513232448.01-283-03092-697866130309240-7618-5077-5(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 in their own words /Deborah F. Atwater1st ed.Lanham, 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 F1676010MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806832703321The rhetoric of black mayors4041887UNINA