Publication

2000 - Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Ind, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL46579M
  • ISBN-101557532001
  • OCLC Control Number42763933
  • Library of Congress Control Number99045649
  • LibraryThing4381888
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  • Goodreads554352

Classifications

  • DDC975.5/043/092
  • LCCF231.3.W55 J44 2000

Description

"This study focuses on black electoral politics, political leadership, and the political dynamics of anti-black racism through an examination of L. Douglas Wilder's election to the governorship of Virginia in 1989.". "With Wilder's election, he became the first African American elected to state governorship in U.S. history. In many ways the Wilder candidacy is a microcosm of the entire American political and social reality. The fact that a southern state party organization that had historically concerned itself with keeping blacks out of political life would nominate a grandson of slaves to represent its party in the 1989 governor's election speaks volumes."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryElectionGovernorsWilder, DougRace relationsVirginia, biographyPolitics and government

Places

People

Doug Wilder

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