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Concordance : black lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama /
During the height of the civil rights movement, Blacks were among the most liberal Americans. Since the 1970s, however, increasing representation in national, state, and local government has brought about a more centrist outlook among Black political leaders. Focusing on the Congressional Black Cauc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
The University of Michigan Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Politics of race and ethnicity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the height of the civil rights movement, Blacks were among the most liberal Americans. Since the 1970s, however, increasing representation in national, state, and local government has brought about a more centrist outlook among Black political leaders. Focusing on the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Katherine Tate studies the ways in which the nation's most prominent group of Black legislators has developed politically. Organized in 1971, the CBC set out to increase the influence of Black legislators. Indeed, over the past four decades, they have made progress toward the goal of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780472029563 0472029568 1306585104 9781306585101 |