African Americans in Georgia
Subtitle: a reflection of politics and policy in the New South
By: Pearl K. Ford, editor
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780881461848
Notes: "MUP/H799"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics.; title: Racial politics and voter suppression in Georgia / Keesha M. Middlemass; title: The social and political status of Hurricane Katrina's internally displaced persons in Georgia / Sekou Franklin; title: 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; title: Barack Obama and the presidential election in Georgia: Symbolic racism, electoral mobilization, and campaign contributions / Sekou Franklin and Pearl K. Ford; title: African Americans in the Georgia general assembly: Agents for change? / Keesha M. Middlemass, Charles E. Menifield, and Peter W. Wielhouwer; title: African-American mayors: impact on Georgia municipalities / Elgie McFayden; title: Continuity in mayoral power: the 2007 reelection of Mayor Otis Johnson in Savannah, Georgia / Hanes Walton, Jr., and Marion Orr; title: Policy.; title: Shifting spaces and changing faces: the impact of race and population shifts on municipal representation in select Georgia counties / Teri Fair; title: The mixed blessings of gentrification in an antebellum city: the case for Savannah, Georgia / Kenneth A. Jordan, Willie E. Johnson, Deden Rukmana, and Sharon Johnson; title: Black and bound: race, politics, HBCUs, and desegregation in Georgia higher education / F. Erik Brooks; title: Making the grade: status of achievement for African-American youth in elementary and secondary education systems of the state of Georgia / Sharon Wrobel; title: Health disparities in Georgia: a social injustice / Dionne C. Godette, Chandra L. Ford, and Pearl K. Ford; title: Serving five to life: racial disparities in the enforcement of Georgia drug sentencing laws / Artemesia Stanberry and David R. Montague.