Black Power in the Suburbs
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Black Power in the Suburbs

The Myth or Reality of African American Suburban Political Incorporation

  1. 239 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Black Power in the Suburbs

The Myth or Reality of African American Suburban Political Incorporation

About this book

The first comprehensive study of African American suburban political empowerment.

The country's largest concentration of African American suburban affluence represents a unique laboratory to study the internal factors associated with African American political ascendancy and the convergence of race and class. Black Power in the Suburbs chronicles Prince George's County, Maryland, and the twenty-three year quest by African Americans to influence educational policy and become equal partners in the county's governing coalition. Johnson challenges conventional notions of a monolithic community by addressing the manner in which class cleavages among African Americans affect their representation and policy interests in suburbia. She also documents white resistance to power sharing and the impact of school desegregation on white population trends.

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Table of contents

  1. Black Power in the Suburbs
  2. Contents
  3. List of Tables and Figures
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. African-American Suburban Political Incorporation
  6. 2. Prince George’s County: Politics and the African-American Migration
  7. 3. Social and Economic Characteristics of Prince George’s County, Maryland
  8. 4. The Quest for African-American Political Representation in Prince George’s County, Maryland
  9. 5. African-American Prince Georgians: Mobilization for Key Appointments
  10. 6. African-American Prince Georgians: Policy Influence in the Education Arena
  11. 7. The Myth or Reality of African-American Suburban Political Incorporation
  12. 8. A Tale of Two Counties— Present and Past, Affluent and Poor
  13. Appendix A: Questionnaire for African-American Community Leaders
  14. Appendix B: Questionnaire for African-American Elected Officials
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index