African Americans and the Presidency : The Road to the White House (Hardcover)

Introduction: The African American Quest for the Presidency

Bruce A. Glasrud and Cary D. Wintz

1 Beginning the Trek?Douglass, Bruce, Black

Conventions, Independent Political Parties

Bruce A. Glasrud

2 The Communist Party of the United States and African

American Political Candidates

David Cullen and Kyle G. Wilkison

3 Charlotta A. Bass?Win Or Lose, We Win

Carolyn Wedin

4 Shirley Chisholm?A Catalyst for Change

Maxine D. Jones

5 The Socialist Workers Party and African Americans

Dwonna Naomi Goldstone

6 Civil Rights Activists and the Reach for Political Power

Jean Van Delinder

7 Jesse Jackson?Run, Jesse, Run!

James M. Smallwood

8 Lenora Branch Fulani?Challenging the Rules of the Game

Omar H. Ali

9 Race Activists and Fringe Parties with a Message

Charles Orson Cook

10 Black Politicians?Paving the Way

Hanes Walton, Jr., Josephine A. V. Allen,

Sherman C. Puckett, and Donald R. Deskins, Jr.

11 Colin Powell?The Candidate Who wasn’t

Cary D. Wintz

12 Barack Hussein Obama?An Inspiration of Hope, an

Agent for Change

Paul Finkelman

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