New Black Politician Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America

Name: New Black Politician Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America
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ISBN: 9780814732458

ISBN-10: 0814732453

ISBN-13: 9780814732458

Edition: 2013

Authors: Andra Gillespie

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At the beginning of the 21st-century, a vanguard of young, affluent black leadership has emerged, often clashing with older generations of black leadership for power. The 2002 Newark mayoral race, which featured a contentious battle between the young black challenger Cory Booker and the more established black incumbent Sharpe James, was one of a series of contests in which young, well-educated, moderate black politicians challenged civil rights veterans for power. In The New Black Politician, Andra Gillespie uses Newark as a case study to explain the breakdown of racial unity in black politics, describing how black political entrepreneurs build the political alliances that allow them to be…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Andra Gillespie is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University.