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Author:
Hornsby, Alton.
Title:
Black power in Dixie : a political history of African Americans in Atlanta / Alton Hornsby Jr. ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.
Publisher:
University Press of Florida,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xvii, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
African Americans--Atlanta--Atlanta--Politics and government.
African Americans--Atlanta--Atlanta--History.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government.
Political leadership--Atlanta--Atlanta--History.
Elite (Social sciences)--Atlanta.--Atlanta.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index.
Contents:
From reconstruction to the Nadir, 1867-1908 -- The nadir of black political influence, 1909-1932 -- The return to electoral politics, 1932-1946 -- The dawn of political influence, 1947-1961 -- The growth of political influence, 1961-1970 -- Black power triumphant, 1970-1981 -- Solidification and stratification, 1982-1990 -- Black public education in Atlanta : from segregation to segregation, 1950-1988.
Series:
Southern dissent
ISBN:
0813032822 (alk. paper)
9780813032825 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)226356631
LCCN:
2008045726
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

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