MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02975nam a22003498a 4500
001 2010022882
003 DLC
005 20100602204913.0
008 100601s2010 gau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010022882
020 $a9780881461848 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us-ga
050 00 $aE185.93.G4$bA37 2010
082 00 $a305.896/0730758$222
245 00 $aAfrican Americans in Georgia :$ba reflection of politics and policy in the New South /$cPearl K. Ford, editor.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aMacon, Ga. :$bMercer University Press,$c2010.
263 $a1006
300 $ap. cm.
500 $a"MUP/H799"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPolitics. -- Racial politics and voter suppression in Georgia / Keesha M. Middlemass -- The social and political status of Hurricane Katrina's internally displaced persons in Georgia / Sekou Franklin -- The Georgia presidential primaries: a case study of the role of race and class in the selection of a presidential nominee / Artemesia Stanberry, Pearl K. Ford, and Michelle Adams -- Barack Obama and the presidential election in Georgia: Symbolic racism, electoral mobilization, and campaign contributions / Sekou Franklin and Pearl K. Ford -- African Americans in the Georgia general assembly: Agents for change? / Keesha M. Middlemass, Charles E. Menifield, and Peter W. Wielhouwer -- African-American mayors: impact on Georgia municipalities / Elgie McFayden -- Continuity in mayoral power: the 2007 reelection of Mayor Otis Johnson in Savannah, Georgia / Hanes Walton, Jr., and Marion Orr -- Policy. -- Shifting spaces and changing faces: the impact of race and population shifts on municipal representation in select Georgia counties / Teri Fair -- The mixed blessings of gentrification in an antebellum city: the case for Savannah, Georgia / Kenneth A. Jordan, Willie E. Johnson, Deden Rukmana, and Sharon Johnson -- Black and bound: race, politics, HBCUs, and desegregation in Georgia higher education / F. Erik Brooks -- Making the grade: status of achievement for African-American youth in elementary and secondary education systems of the state of Georgia / Sharon Wrobel -- Health disparities in Georgia: a social injustice / Dionne C. Godette, Chandra L. Ford, and Pearl K. Ford -- Serving five to life: racial disparities in the enforcement of Georgia drug sentencing laws / Artemesia Stanberry and David R. Montague.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aGeorgia$xRace relations.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia$xPolitics and government$y21st century.
651 0 $aGeorgia$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aGeorgia$xPolitics and government$y21st century.
651 0 $aGeorgia$xSocial conditions.
700 1 $aFord, Pearl K.,$d1972-