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| Preface | |
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| The Context | |
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| The Representation of Black Interests in Congress | |
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| What Is Representation? | |
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| What Are Black Interests? | |
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| Who Supports the Interests of Blacks on Capitol Hill? | |
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| Tracing the Footsteps of Blacks on the Hill | |
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| The Reconstruction Era | |
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| The Twentieth Century | |
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| Black Representatives | |
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| Black Representatives of Historically Black Districts | |
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| The Thirteenth District of Michigan: George Crockett | |
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| The Second District of Pennsylvania: William Gray III | |
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| Historically Black Districts and Electoral Security | |
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| Black Representatives of Newly Black Districts | |
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| The Second District of Mississippi: Mike Espy | |
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| The Fifth District of Georgia: John Lewis | |
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| Newly Black Districts and the Need for Biracial Coalitions | |
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| Black Representatives of Heterogeneous Districts | |
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| The Thirty-First District of California: Mervyn Dymally | |
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| The Sixth District of New York: Floyd Flake | |
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| What Are the Constraints of Heterogeneous Districts? | |
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| Black Representatives of Majority-White Districts | |
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| The Fifth District of Missouri: Alan Wheat | |
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| The First District of Indiana: Katie Hall | |
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| The Eighth District of California: Ron Dellums | |
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| The Potential for Electing More Black Representatives in White Districts | |
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| White Representatives | |
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| White Representatives of Minority-Black Districts | |
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| The Sixth District of South Carolina: Robin Tallon | |
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| The Second District of North Carolina: Tim Valentine | |
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| A Delicate Balancing Act: Southern White Representation of African Americans | |
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| White Representatives of Majority-Black Districts | |
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| The Second District of Louisiana: Lindy (Corinne) Boggs | |
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| The Tenth District of New Jersey: Peter Rodino, Jr. | |
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| An Extinct Group | |
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| Implications | |
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| Strategies for Increasing Black Representation of Blacks | |
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| Factors Influencing Black Political Gains in Congress | |
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| Racial Gerrymandering | |
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| Why Question the Strategy? | |
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| Black Representation and the Republican Party | |
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| The Future of Black Congressional Representation | |
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| Preconditions of Increased Black Representation | |
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| The Special Characteristics of Black Representatives | |
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| What Lies Ahead? | |
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| Appendix A. Research Methods | |
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| Appendix B. Campaign Finance, 1980-1990 | |
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| Appendix C. Legislative Records of All Black Representatives, 100th Congress | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |