African American women and electoral politics: Journeying from the shadows to the spotlight

Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 117-142

  Smooth, Wendy ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807282.006     Document Type: Chapter

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