African-American Mayors
Subtitle: Race, Politics, and the American City
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 23, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780252026348
Subjects: Black studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Local government; Political structure & processes; U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Blacks; U.S. Municipal Government; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Government - State & Provincial; Government - U.S. Government; Social Science / African-American Studies; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; 20th century; African American mayors; African Americans; History; Municipal government; Politics and government; United States
First sentence: WITH THE PASSAGE of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the nation ended nearly a century of legalized segregation and hastened the integration of African Americans into the political mainstream.