Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement: Activity and Beliefs in Sacramento, 1970-2000

by David Covin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786442584
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	04/03/2009
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Covin is Professor Emeritus of Government and Pan African Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     

1. ORIGINS OF BLACK SACRAMENTO     
2. THE 1970S     
3. THE 1980S     
4. THE 1990S     
5. CONCLUSIONS     

Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index