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Author:

Pohlmann, Marcus D., 1950-

Title:

Racial politics at the crossroads : Memphis elects Dr. W.W. Herenton / Marcus D. Pohlmann and Michael P. Kirby.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

xxiv, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Herenton, W. W.--(Willie W.),--1943-
Mayors--Memphis--Memphis--Election.
Mayors--Memphis--Memphis--Biography.
Afro-American mayors--Memphis.--Memphis.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government.

Other Authors:

Kirby, Michael P.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261) and index.

Contents:

The political context -- White politics -- The Hackett years -- Black politics -- Dr. W. W. Herenton -- The electoral context -- The election of 1991 -- The Hackett campaign -- The Herenton campaign -- The election -- Implications and prospects for the future -- Conclusion : racial reflexivity in Memphis.

ISBN:

9780870499272 (pbk.)
0870499270 (pbk.)
9780870499265 (cloth)
0870499262 (cloth)

LCCN:

95032505

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)