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African-American Mayors

Race, Politics, and the American City

African-American Mayors( )
Editor: Colburn, David R.
Contribution by: Colburn, David R.
Adler, Jeffrey S.
Lane, James B.
Moore, Leonard N.
Hirsch, Arnold R.
Biles, Roger
Parker, Heather R.
Bayor, Ronald H.
Gillette Jr, Howard
Thompson, Heather Ann
ISBN:978-0-252-07260-4
Publication Date:Feb 2005
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $32.00
Book Description:

How African-American mayors of major cities from Los Angeles to New York and Detroit to New Orleans met the post-election challenges of decaying inner cities, white flight, entrenched local power structures, and multiple demands from their diverse constituencies.On November 7, 1967, the voters of Cleveland, Ohio, and Gary, Indiana, elected the ......

Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political
Political Science / General
Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
Political Science / American Government / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Arnold Richard Hirsch was born on March 9, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in 1970 and a Ph.D. in history in 1978 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His best-known book, Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960, was published in 1983. He also edited two collections, one on creole New Orleans and the other on urban policy in 20th-century America. He began teaching history at the University of New Orleans in 1970 and was an emeritus professor there at the time of his death. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease and Lewy body disease on March 19, 2018 at the age of 69.

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