In the Balance of Power Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States

Name: In the Balance of Power Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States
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ISBN: 9780821418079

ISBN-10: 0821418076

ISBN-13: 9780821418079

Edition: 2008

Authors: Omar H. Ali, Eric Foner

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With the presidential election looming, the ldquo;black voterdquo; has been deemed a crucial but unsecured portion of the electorate. Historically, most black voters have aligned themselves with one of the two major parties-the Republican Party from the time of the Civil War to the New Deal; and, since the New Deal, and especially since the height of the modern civil rights movement, the Democratic Party. However, asIn the Balance of Powerconvincingly demonstrates, African Americans have long been part of independent political movements and have used third parties to advance some of the most important changes in the United States, notably the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 8/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Omar H. Ali is an assistant professor of history at Towson University in Maryland. A Fulbright Scholar, he has received research grants from Harvard University and the University of Michigan. An honors graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received his PhD from Columbia University and has served as an editor forSouls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society.

Eric Foner is a professor of American history at Columbia University.



Foreword



Introduction



Declarations of Independence



Abolitionism, the Liberty Party, and Free Soil



Republicans, Reconstruction, and Fusion



Black Populism and the "Negro Party"



Black Communists, Socialists, and Nationalists



Civil Rights, Black Power, and Independent Politics


Epilogue: The Black and Independent Alliance in 2008


Acknowledgments



Recent Articles


Notes


Bibliography


Index