Research Catalog

Title

Black power in Dixie [electronic resource] : a political history of African Americans in Atlanta / Alton Hornsby Jr. ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.

Author

Hornsby, Alton.

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xvii, 307 p.) : ill.

Series Statement

Southern dissent

Uniform Title

• Black power in Dixie (Online)
• Southern dissent.

Alternative Title

Black power in Dixie (Online)

Subject

• African Americans > Georgia > Atlanta > Politics and government
• African Americans > Georgia > Atlanta > History
• Political leadership > Georgia > Atlanta > History
• Elite (Social sciences) > Georgia > Atlanta
• Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government
• Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2008045726

OCLC

ssj0000628085

Author

Hornsby, Alton.

Title

Black power in Dixie [electronic resource] : a political history of African Americans in Atlanta / Alton Hornsby Jr. ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.

Imprint

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.

Series

Southern dissent

Southern dissent.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL