Title: African Americans in Georgia : a reflection of politics and policy in the New South /
Authors: Ford, Pearl K., 1972-
Publisher: Mercer University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: African Americans Georgia History.; African Americans Georgia Politics and government.; African Americans Georgia Social conditions.; African Americans Georgia Politics and government; Georgia Race relations.; Georgia Politics and government.; Georgia Politics and government; Georgia Social conditions.
Contents: Politics -- Racial politics and voter suppression in Georgia / Keesha M. Middlemass -- The social and political status of Hurricane Katrina's internally displaced persons in Georgia / Sekou Franklin -- The Georgia presidential primaries: a case study of the role of race and class in the selection of a presidential nominee / Artemesia Stanberry, Pearl K. Ford, and Michelle Adams -- Barack Obama and the presidential election in Georgia: symbolic racism, electoral mobilization, and campaign contributions / Sekou Franklin and Pearl K. Ford -- African Americans in the Georgia general assembly: Agents for change? / Keesha M. Middlemass, Charles E. Menifield, and Peter W. Wielhouwer -- African-American mayors: impact on Georgia municipalities / Elgie McFayden -- Continuity in mayoral power: the 2007 reelection of Mayor Otis Johnson in Savannah, Georgia / Hanes Walton, Jr., and Marion Orr -- Policy -- Shifting spaces and changing faces: the impact of race and population shifts on municipal representation in select Georgia counties / Teri Fair -- The mixed blessings of gentrification in an antebellum city: the case for Savannah, Georgia / Kenneth A. Jordan ... [et al.] -- Black and bound: race, politics, HBCUs, and desegregation in Georgia higher education / F. Erik Brooks -- Making the grade: status of achievement for African-American youth in elementary and secondary education systems of the state of Georgia / Sharon Wrobel -- Health disparities in Georgia: a social injustice / Dionne C. Godette, Chandra L. Ford, and Pearl K. Ford -- Serving five to life: racial disparities in the enforcement of Georgia drug sentencing laws / Artemesia Stanberry and David R. Montague.