Sumario: | For a variety of reasons, contemporary black political organizations have generally been ignored in the scholarly literature on American interest groups. Johnson (political science, U. San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador) and Stanford (formerly political science and African American Studies, U. of Georgia) present this collection of 11 papers as a corrective. The contributions are diverse in subject and argument, with examinations of the leadership style of the Nation of Islam, the history and ideology of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the persistence of welfare rights activism, and the political involvement of black churches. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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