African-American mayors
Subtitle: race, politics, and the American city
By: edited by David R. Colburn and Jeffrey S. Adler.
Contributors: Colburn, David R.; Adler, Jeffrey S.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: African American mayors -- History -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Municipal government -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Running for office : African-American mayors from 1967 to 1996 / David R. Colburn; title: Black political power and its limits : Gary Mayor Richard G. Hatcher's administration, 1968-87 / James B. Lane; title: Carl Stokes : Mayor of Cleveland / Leonard N. Moore; title: Harold and Dutch revisited : a comparative look at the first black mayors of Chicago and New Orleans / Arnold R. Hirsch; title: Mayor David Dinkins and the politics of race in New York City / Roger Biles; title: Tom Bradley and the politics of race / Heather R. Parker; title: African-American mayors and governance in Atlanta / Ronald H. Bayor; title: Protest and power in Washington, D.C. : the troubled legacy of Marion Barry / Howard Gillette, Jr.; title: Rethinking the collapse of postwar liberalism : the rise of Mayor Coleman Young and the politics of race in Detroit / Heather Ann Thompson.