Racial politics at the crossroads
Subtitle: Memphis elects Dr. W.W. Herenton
By: Marcus D. Pohlmann and Michael P. Kirby.
Contributors: Kirby, Michael P.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Herenton, W. W. 1943-; Mayors -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Election.; Mayors -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography.; African American mayors -- Tennessee -- Memphis.; Memphis (Tenn.) -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: The political context; title: White politics; title: The Hackett years; title: Black politics; title: Dr. W.W. Herenton; title: The electoral context; title: The election of 1991; title: The Hackett campaign; title: The Herenton campaign; title: The election; title: Implications and prospects for the future; title: Conclusion : racial reflexivity in Memphis.