Black Politics and Black Political Behavior

HANES WALTON, JR., is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of ten books, including Black Republicans: The Politics of the Black and Tans (1975), Invisible Politics: Black Political Behavior (1985), and When the Marching Stopped: The Politics of Civil Rights Regulatory Agencies (1988).

• IllustrationsForeword: The African-American Church and Political Behavior by Roosevelt Green, Jr.PrefacePrologue: Michael Dooley by Frank D. WilliamsIntroduction: Black Politics During the Era of Presidents Reagan and Bush by Kenneth A. Jordan and Modibo M. KadalieThe Theoretical LinkagesThe Nature of Black Politics and Black Political Behavior by Hanes Walton, Jr.The Study of Black Politics: Notes on Rethinking the Paradigm by Rickey HillBlack Southern Politics: The Influences of Bunche, Martin, and Key by Hanes Walton, Jr.The National LinkagesBlack Political Parties and Congress: The Role of the Congressional Record by Hanes Walton, Jr.The Jesse Jackson Campaign and the Institutionalization of Grass-Roots Politics: A Comparative Perspective by Leslie B. McLemore and Mary D. ColemanBlack Rural Medicine: Dr. Elijah Washington and a Black Health Policy by Hanes Walton, Jr.The State-Contextual LinkagesThe Black Elected Elites in Mississippi: The Post-Civil Rights Apportionment Era by Mary D. ColemanBlack Politics in Tidewater, Virginia by Elsie M. Barnes and Ronald E. ProctorSymbolic Politics: Mel King--The Mayoral Candidate in Boston by Toni-Michelle C. TravisBlack Voting Behavior in the Segregation Era: 1944-1964 by Hanes Walton, Jr.The Procedural LinkagesThe Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and the Office of the Governor: 1975-1985 by Robert A. HolmesState Legislative Black Caucus Influence on Legislative Policy Agendas: Continuities and Variations in North Carolina by Cheryl M. MillerThe Political Use of Absentee Ballots in a Rural Black-Belt County: Dr. Merolyn Stewart-Gaulden's Election Campaign for Taliaferro County School Superintendent Position by Hanes Walton, Jr.Black Political Recall and Black Politics: A Case Study by Marion OrrThe Gender LinkagesBlack Women in Politics: A Research Note by Shiela F. Harmon-MartinThe Political Behavior of Black Women: Contextual, Structural, and Psychological Factors by Saundra C. ArdreyThe First Black Female Gubernatorial Candidate in Georgia: State Representative Mildred Glover by Hanes Walton, Jr. and Johnny Campbell, Jr.Black Female Presidential Candidates: Bass, Mitchell, Chisholm, Wright, Reid, Davis, and Fulani by Hanes Walton, Jr.An Enduring LinkageBlack Southern Politics: A Look at the Tradition and the Future by Hanes Walton, Jr. and Daniel BrantleyEndnotesBibliographyIndex