In the Balance of Power (eBook)

Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States

Omar H. Ali (Autor)

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2020 | Revised and Expanded Edition
304 Seiten
Ohio University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8214-4726-0 (ISBN)

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Reveals the multiple independent political tactics and strategies that African Americans have used to expand democracy and uphold civil and political rights since the founding of the nation.This new edition of Ali's groundbreaking narrative includes an epilogue by independent political analyst and leader Jacqueline Salit. New material addresses the historic presidencies of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump, as well as the rising tide of independent and anti-party sentiments.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.8.2020
• Nachwort: Jacqueline Salit
• Vorwort: Eric Foner
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 13th amendment • 14th amendment • 15th Amendment • Abolition • Abraham Lincoln • african american politics • American History • Black Nationalism • Black Panthers • Black politics • Black Power • Civil Rights Movement • Civil War • Congress of Racial Equality • Core • Frederick Douglass • Independent candidates • independent politics • Lenora Fulani • Malcolm X • Martin Luther King • NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Political movements • Politics • Progressive Era • reconstruction • Slavery • sncc • socialist party • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • third-party politics • W.E.B. DuBois
• ISBN-10: 0-8214-4726-2 / 0821447262
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-4726-0 / 9780821447260