From exclusion to inclusion: the long struggle for African American political power

Preface Introduction by Ralph C. Gomes and Linda Faye Williams The Electoral Arena: From Exclusion to Access Historical Overview: African Americans and the Evolution of Voting Rights by Sonia R. Jarvis The Role of African American Political Organizations in the Mobilization of Voters by Dianne M. Pinderhughes The Growth and Significance of African American Elected Officials by Theresa Chambliss The Present Legal, Economic, and Cultural Context of African-American Eradicating the Continuing Barriers to Effective Minority Voter Participation by Frank R. Parker African American in the Era of Capitalist Economic Contraction by Walda Katz Fishman, Ralph C. Gomes, Nelson Peery, and Jerome Scott Politics Is Not Enough: The Institutionalization of the African American Freedom Movement by Robert C. Smith Challenges and Prospects for the Future Coalition Politics: Past, Present, and Future by Ralph C. Gomes and Linda Faye Williams Restricting in the 1990s: Opportunities and Risks for African Americans by Walter Hill African American Perspectives on Foreign Policy by Elliott P. Skinner Toward the Future: What Is to Be Done? by Ralph C. Gomes and Linda Faye Williams Selected Bibliography Index