Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition
Auteur : Robert Smith
Date de publication : 2021-05-01
Éditeur : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Nombre de pages : 704
Résumé du livre
This A-to-Z volume examines the role of African Americans in the political process from the early days of the American Revolution to the present. Focusing on basic political ideas, court cases, laws, concepts, ideologies, institutions, and political processes, this book covers all facets of African Americans in American government. Written by a nationally renowned scholar in the field, the Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition will enlighten readers to the struggles and triumphs of African Americans in the American political system.
Entries include:
- Abolitionist Movement
- African immigrants
- Barack Obama
- Black Lives Matter
- Black Panther Party
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Emancipation Proclamation
- "Forty Acres and a Mule"
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Hurricane Katrina
- Institutional racism
- Integrationism
- Juneteenth
- Lynching
- Malcolm X
- Million Man March
- Raphael Warnock