Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Clash of Two Black Americas; 1 Black Political Entrepreneurship, Twenty-First-Century Style: The Theory of Elite Displacement; 2 Prelude: The Rise of Cory Booker; 3 Losing: The 2002 Mayoral Election; 4 Winning: The 2006 Election; Part II: It's Not Easy Being Elite: Governing Challenges in Post-Racial Black America; 5 Policy Is Politics; 6 Perception Is Reality: Judging Cory Booker; 7 The Politics of Perception: Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs; 8 2010: Electoral Politics Revisited
9 Uncle Julius's Cabin: Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black PoliticsEpilogue; Appendix A: Methodological Notes; Appendix B: List of Interviewees; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
Summary
In the past five years, a vanguard of young, affluent black leadership has emerged, often clashing with older generations of black leadership for power. The 2002 Newark mayoral race, which featured a contentious battle between the young black challenger Cory Booker and the more established black incumbent Sharpe James, was one of a series of contests in which young, well-educated, moderate black politicians challenged civil rights veterans for power. In The New Black Politician, Andra Gillespie uses Newark as a case study to explain the breakdown of racial unity in black politics, describing h
