03348nam 2200685 a 450 991095929810332120200520144314.09786613150721978128315072912831507279780226241326022624132710.7208/9780226241326(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(Perlego)1850856(EXLCZ)99256000000007326320020515d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGoing home Black representatives and their constituents /Richard F. FennoChicago University of Chicago Press20031 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226241319 0226241319 9780226241302 0226241300 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 studiesAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican American legislators328.73/092/396073Fenno Richard F.1926-255549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959298103321Going home4364091UNINA