Publication

2002 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,750 words, Guess

Page Count

227 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-139780791455289
  • Goodreads1630155', '7245026
  • LibraryThing7729183
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002070718
  • OCLC Control Number50034941
  • Better World Books9780791455272
  • Better World Books9780791455289
  • Open LibraryOL3569227M

Classifications

  • DDC975.2/5100496073
  • LCCF187.P9 J64 2002
  • LCCF187.P9J64 2002

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

Topics

EducationBanlieuesCase studiesSuburban lifeRace relationsKommunalpolitikNoirs américains

Times

Genres

  • Case studies

Series Statement

  • SUNY series in African American studies

Links

Other Editions

  • Black power in the suburbs: the myth or reality of African-American suburban political incorporationState University of New York Press2002-01-01

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