African American Electorate

Hanes Walton, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and senior research scientist in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. Sherman C. Puckett is a Ph.D. graduate of the University of Michigan in urban and regional planning. Donald R. Deskins, Jr. is a political geographer and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Michigan.

"This unique and original resource investigates the African American voting experience from colonial timesto the present...Overall, this source is a cross between a reference work and an in-depth academic analysis. With its hundreds of charts and footnotes, it has elements of both. The level of depth here makes this resource more appropriate for academic libraries."

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. The State of African American Election DataChapter 2. The Literature on the African American ElectorateChapter 3. The African American Electorate in the Colonial Era, 1610–1773Chapter 4. The African American Electorate in the Revolutionary Era, 1774–1789Chapter 5. The Electoral Context in Antebellum America, 1788–1861Chapter 6. The African American Electorate in Antebellum and Civil War America, 1788–1867Chapter 7. The Reversal of African American Suffrage Rights prior to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1788-1870Chapter 8. Suffrage Referenda Prior to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1846–1870Chapter 9. Voting Behavior of the African American Electorate Prior to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1788–1870Chapter 10. The First African American Nominees and Public Office Holders, 1776–1870Chapter 11. The National Equal Rights LeagueChapter 12. The Civil War Election and the African American Soldiers’ Vote, 1864Chapter 13. African American Voter Registration and Turnout in 1867 Southern State ElectionsChapter 14. African American Voting Behavior in the First Presidential and Congressional Elections after the Abolition of Slavery in the South, 1868 and 1872Chapter 15. African American Voting Behavior in the First Presidential and Congressional Elections After the Abolition of Slavery in the Border, Midwest, and Far West States, 1868 and 1872Chapter 16. African American Voting Behavior in Subsequent Elections Through Disenfranchisement, 1868 to 1920Chapter 17. African American Voting and Non-Voting Behavior in the Era of Disenfranchisement (1888–1908) and BeyondChapter 18. The Lodge Bill and BeyondChapter 19. African American Voters and Electoral Empowerment in the North, 1876–1944Chapter 20. The Enfranchisement of African American Women: 1669–1921Chapter 21. The Electoral Revolt of the African American Voters in 1920–1921 and BeyondChapter 22. African American Registration and Voting in the South, 1920–1944Chapter 23. African American Registration and Voting in the South, 1944–1965Chapter 24. Rare African American Registration and Voting DataChapter 25. The 1965 Voting Rights Act, Expansions and Renewals, 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992, and 2006Chapter 26. Felon and Ex-Felon DisenfranchisementChapter 27. African American Voting Rights in a Historic Presidential ElectionChapter 28. Summary and ConclusionsAppendicesCumulative BibliographyCopyright AcknowledgmentsIndex