Black Politics After The Civil Rights Movement: Activity And Beliefs In Sacramento, 1970-2000
by David Covin /
2009 / English / PDF
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This important study posits a new way of understanding how ordinary
Black people used the 30 years following the civil rights movement
to forge a new political reality for themselves and their country.
While following national trends closely, it focuses particularly on
the political environment of Sacramento, California, from 1970 to
2000. Having a racial profile that is remarkably similar to the
nation's demographics as a whole, Sacramento serves as a useful
national proxy on the racial question. Unlike most studies of Black
politics over the era, this text pays close attention to minor
actors in the political process, yet places them within the context
of the larger political world. We see, for example, the local
effects of the War on Poverty, the Harold Washington mayoral
campaigns, the Rainbow Coalition, the Million Man March, and the
great increases in locally appointed and elected Black officials
within the context of similar campaigns and movements nationwide.
This important study posits a new way of understanding how ordinary
Black people used the 30 years following the civil rights movement
to forge a new political reality for themselves and their country.
While following national trends closely, it focuses particularly on
the political environment of Sacramento, California, from 1970 to
2000. Having a racial profile that is remarkably similar to the
nation's demographics as a whole, Sacramento serves as a useful
national proxy on the racial question. Unlike most studies of Black
politics over the era, this text pays close attention to minor
actors in the political process, yet places them within the context
of the larger political world. We see, for example, the local
effects of the War on Poverty, the Harold Washington mayoral
campaigns, the Rainbow Coalition, the Million Man March, and the
great increases in locally appointed and elected Black officials
within the context of similar campaigns and movements nationwide.
