An edition of Black power in the suburbs (2002)
Black power in the suburbs
the myth or reality of African-American suburban political incorporation
By Valerie C. Johnson
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Language
eng
Pages
227
Description:
"The country's largest concentration of African American suburban affluence represents a unique laboratory to study the internal factors associated with African American political ascendancy and the convergence of race and class. Black Power in the Suburbs chronicles Prince George's County, Maryland, and the twenty-three year quest by African Americans to influence educational policy and become equal partners in the county's governing coalition. Johnson challenges conventional notions of a monolithic community by addressing the manner in which class cleavages among African Americans affect their representation and policy interests in suburbia. She also documents white resistance to power sharing and the impact of school desegregation on white population trends."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: African Americans, Case studies, Education, Education and state, Politics and government, Race relations, Representative government and representation, Social conditions, Noirs américains, Relations interethniques, Conditions sociales, Banlieues, Régime représentatif, Education et Etat, Éducation et État, Kommunalpolitik, Politique et gouvernement, African americans, politics and government, Suburban life
Places: Maryland, Prince George's County, Prince George's County (Md.)
Times: 20th century