Title Devolution and Black state legislators : challenges and choices in the twenty-first century / Tyson King-Meadows, Thomas F. Schaller

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 302 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in African American studies SUNY series in African American studies. Summary "The Transformation of Plantation Politics explores the effects of black political exclusion, the sharecropping system, and white resistance on the Mississippi Delta's current economic and political situation. Sharon D. Wright Austin's extensive interviews with residents of the region shed light on the transformations and legacies of the Delta's political and economic institutions."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index Notes Print version record Subject Congressional Black Caucus SUBJECT Congressional Black Caucus fast Subject Legislative bodies -- United States -- States -- Leadership African American legislators. African Americans -- Politics and government. Representative government and representation -- United States Decentralization in government -- United States Local government -- United States Federal government -- United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. African American legislators African Americans -- Politics and government Decentralization in government Federal government Legislative bodies -- U.S. states -- Leadership Local government Representative government and representation Social policy SUBJECT United States -- Social policy -- 1980-1993. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006373 United States -- Social policy -- 1993- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006374 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Schaller, Thomas F ISBN 1429417331 9781429417334 0791467295 9780791467299 0791481921 9780791481929

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