Meet the New Class: Theorizing Young Black Leadership in a “Postracial” Era1

Whose Black Politics?: Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-42

  Gillespie, Andra ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85123152158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893722-7     Document Type: Chapter

References (94)

1. Anderson, Lisa. 2006. Chicago-born, leading in Mass: Deval Patrick rose from poverty, bids to be state’s 1st Black governor. The Chicago Tribune, October 29.
2. Ardrey, Saundra C., and William E. Nelson. 1990. The maturation of Black political power: The case of Cleveland. PS: Political Science and Politics, 23(2): 148-51.
3. Associated Press. 2009. FBI investigating Kevin Johnson’s Calif. non-profit, http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/17/20090617kj-probe0617-ON.html (accessed August 19, 2009).
4. Austin, Sharon Wright. 2006. The transformation of plantation politics: Black politics, concentrated poverty and social capital in the Mississippi Delta. Albany: SUNY Press.
5. Bailey, Eric. 2008. US suspends funding of non-profit run by Sacramento mayoral candidate. The Los Angeles Times. September 26, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/26/local/me-kevin26 (August 19, 2009).
6. Benson, Josh. 2006. Next for Booker? (Get used to the question). The New York Times, sec. 1, May 14.
7. Bositis, David A. 2002. 2002 National opinion poll: Politics. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, http://www.jointcenter.org.
8. Bositis, David A. 2001. Changing the guard: Generational difference among Black elected officials. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
9. Brewington, Kelly. 2007. Mitchell, father renew their feud. Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com (accessed September 24, 2007).
10. Brosnan, James W. 2000. Youngest congressman to speak to Democrats. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 6.
11. Burgess, M. Elaine. 1962. Negro leadership in a southern city. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
12. Byrd, Veronica. 2004. My generation can’t just complain. We have to get involved. Essence. October. http://www. findarticles.com (accessed June 14, 2007).
13. Canon, David T., Matthew Schousen, and Patrick Sellers. 1996. The supply side of congressional redistricting: Race and strategic politicians, 1972-1992. The Journal of Politics 58, no. 3: 846-62.
14. Chawkins, Steve. 2008. Former NBA Star Kevin Johnson elected Sacramento’s mayor. The Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2008. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/06/local/me-state6 (accessed August 19, 2009).
15. Clay, W. L. n.d. Biography. Web site of Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr. http://lacyclay.house.gov/biography.shtml (accessed April 19, 2009).
16. Cohen, Cathy. 1999. The boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the breakdown of Black politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
17. Condon, Patrick. 2006. First Muslim in congress is reluctant trailblazer. Associated Press State and Local Wire, November 9.
18. Curry, Marshall, dir. 2005. Street fight [DVD]. United States: Marshall Curry Productions.
19. Davis, Marilyn, and Alex Willingham. 1993. Andrew Young and the Georgia state elections of 1990. In Dilemmas of Black politics, ed. Georgia Persons, 147-75. New York:Harper Collins.
20. Davis, Michael, and Andy Sher. 2006. State GOP mailing focuses on Ford family. Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 2, B2.
21. Dawson, Michael C. 1994. Behind the mule. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Day One: Kevin Johnson’s plan for Sacramento, A city that works for everyone. 2008. [Campaign Brochure]. Sacramento: Kevin Johnson for Mayor. http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/KJ_day_one.pdf (accessed August 19, 2009).
22. Day One: Kevin Johnson’s plan for Sacramento, A city that works for everyone. 2008. [Campaign Brochure]. Sacramento: Kevin Johnson for Mayor. http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/KJ_day_one.pdf (accessed August 19, 2009).
23. Dionne, E. J. 2004. In Illinois, a star prepares. The Washington Post, A29, June 25.
24. Donze, Frank. 2009. Another contender out: Karen Carter Peterson won’t run for mayor. New Orleans Times-Picayune. September 23, 2009. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvtvoqa-l.html (accessed October 9, 2009).
25. Ellison, Keith. 2008. Personal interview. March 7, 2008.
26. Evans, Ben. 2007. Davis won’t challenge sessions for senate seat in 2008. Associate Press State and Local Wire, January 8.
27. Fagone, Jason. 2008. Michael Nutter’s dilemma. Philadelphia Magazine, January 15. http://www.phillymag.com/scripts/print/article.php?asset_idx=198252 (accessed April21, 2009).
28. Firestone, David. 2002. TV executive defeats police chief to become mayor of New Orleans. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/us/tv-executive-defeatspolice-chief-to-become-mayor-of-new-orleans.html?scp=2&sq=ray%20nagin%20tv%20executive&st=cse”http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/us/tv-executivedefeats-police-chief-to-become-mayor-of-new-orleans.html?scp=2&sq=ray%20nagin%20tv%20executive&st=cse (accessed August 28, 2009).
29. Galloway, Jim. 2008. Hutchins to seek Lewis’ seat. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 23, 2008, http://www.lexis-nexis.com (accessed August, 19, 2009).
30. Gillespie, Andra. 2009. The third wave: Assessing the post-civil rights cohort of Black elected leadership. The National Political Science Review 12: 139-61.
31. Hamilton, Charles V. 1982. Foreword. In The new Black politics: The search for political power, ed. Michael B. Preston, Lenneal J. Henderson Jr., and Paul Puryear, xvii-xx. New York: Longman.
32. Harnden, Toby. 2002. Dream coming true for gifted Black politician: Times are changing in the Deep South, reports Toby Harnden in Aliceville. The Daily Telegraph (London), June 25, 13.
33. Helderman, Rosalind. 2008. Edwards overpowers Wynn: 8-term congressman concedes after heated race; Gilchrest in tough fight. The Washington Post, February 13, A21.
34. Helderman, Rosalind. William Wan, and Ovetta Wiggins. 2008. Rare dual losses in Md. put incumbents on notice. The Washington Post, February 14, A1.
35. Henderson, Lenneal J. Jr. 1996. The governance of Kurt Schmoke as mayor of Baltimore. In Race, governance, and politics in the United States, ed. Huey L. Perry, 165-78. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
36. Hernandez, Raymond. 2008. New campaign charge: You supported Clinton. The New York Times, July 1, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/us/politics/01dems.html?scp=8&sq=kevin%20powell&st=cse (accessed October 9, 2009).
37. Hicks, Jonathan. 2005. Race plays silent role in campaign for mayor of Buffalo. The New York Times, October 13, B6.
38. Hicks, Jonathan P. 2008a. Brooklyn congressman and veteran of tough primaries faces new fight. The New York Times. April 28. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28brooklyn.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=kevin%20powell&st=cse (accessed April 1, 2009).
39. Hicks, Jonathan P. 2008b. Towns’s challenger vows to run again. The New York Times City Room Blog. [Online Source]. September 16, 2008. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/townss-challenger-vows-to-run-again/?scp=11&sq=kevin%20powell&st=csettp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/townss-challengervows-to-run-again/?scp=11&sq=kevin%20powell&st=cse (accessed April 1, 2009).
40. Ifill, Gwen. 2009. The breakthrough: Politics in the age of Obama. New York: Doubleday.
41. Jacobson, Gary C., and Samuel Kernell. 1983. Strategy and choice in congressional elections (2nd ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
42. Janofsky, Michael. 1998. Marion Barry isn’t running for a fifth term. The Washington Post, May 22, final edition, sec. A, 14.
43. Jones, Charles E., and Michael Clemons. 1993. A model of racial crossover voting: An assessment of the Wilder victory. In Dilemmas of Black politics, ed. Georgia Persons, 128-46. New York: HarperCollins.
44. Kim, Claire. 2000. Bitter fruit: The politics of Black-Korean conflict in New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
45. Kinney, Terry. 2005. New Cincinnati mayor vows to reform city government, reduce crime. Associated Press State and Local Wire. December 1.
46. Korte, Gregory. 2005. Racial pattern seen in primary. September 15. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20050915 (accessed March 31, 2009).
47. Ladd, Everett C. 1966. Negro political leadership in the south. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
48. Lawless, Jennifer, and Richard Fox. 2005. It takes a candidate: Why women don’t run for office. New York: Cambridge University Press.
49. Lawrence, Cynthia. 2000. Rush wins in 1st: Did Obama deliver a wake-up call to Rush? Chicago Sun-Times, March 22. http://www.jessejacksonJr..org/creadpr.cgi?id=971 (accessed June 14, 2007).
50. Marinucci, Carla. 2008. D. A. Harris plans run for attorney general. San Francisco Chronicle, November 12. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-in/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/12/MNF1142KCH.DTL (accessed June 4, 2009).
51. Marshall, Carolyn. 2008. Ex-NBA Star adds glitz to Sacramento’s mayoral race. The New York Times, June 9, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/us/09sacramento.html?_r=1 (accessed August 19, 2009).
52. Martin, Roland. 2003. Ready or not…. Savoy March, 52-56.
53. Matza, Michael. 2007. How Nutter’s win made history. The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 17, A13.
54. Mayor’s biography. n.d. City of Cincinnati. http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/ (accessed April 19, 2009).
55. McCormick, Joseph II, and Charles E. Jones. 1993. The conceptualization of deracialization:Thinking through the dilemma. In Dilemmas of Black politics, ed. Georgia Persons, 66-84. New York: HarperCollins.
56. Mihalopoulos, Dan. 2008. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. touts senate credentials to Blagojevich. The Clout (The Chicago Tribune) [Blog]. December 9.http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/12/rep-jesse-jacks.html (accessed December 22, 2008).
57. Myrdal, Gunnar. 1944. An American dilemma. New York: Harper and Brothers.
58. Nelson, William E. 1982. Cleveland: The rise and fall of the new Black politics. In The new Black politics: The search for political power, ed. Michael B. Preston, Lenneal J. Henderson Jr. and Paul Puryear, 187-208. New York: Longman.
59. Nelson, William E. 2005. New mayors in Cleveland and Cincinnati. United Press International, November 9.
60. Nelson, William E. 2006. The new members of the House. Roll Call, November 13.
61. Nordlinger, Jay. 2002. Some “dissident.” Doin’ the skin-color nasty. A bit of righteous kvetching. etc. National Review Online May 28. LexisNexis Academic Universe. http://www.web.lexis-nexis.com/universe (accessed January 20, 2003).
62. Nossiter, Adam. 2006. Nagin re-elected as New Orleans mayor. The New York Times, May 21. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/us/21election.html?_r=1&sq=ray%20nagin&s t=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=7&adxnnlx=1255059611-F+HLkzKKGHOvXZHmTJA4Uw (accessed October 9, 2009).
63. Olson, Rochelle. 2006. Tammy Lee endorsed by 12 local officials of various parties. Star Tribune, November 1, B4.
64. Pierannunzi, Carol A., and John D. Hutcheson Jr. 1996. The rise and fall of deracialization:Andrew Young as mayor and gubernatorial candidate. In Race, governance, and politics in the United States, ed. Huey L. Perry, 96-105. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
65. Prendergast, Jane. 2009a. NAACP: No confidence in Mallory. February 26. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009226 (accessed March 31, 2009).
66. Prendergast, Jane. 2009b. NAACP delays vote on recall initiative. March 26. http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID (accessed March 31, 2009).
67. Prendergast, Jane. 2009c. Mallory declares his impact “undeniable.” March 12. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009312/ (accessed March 31, 2009).
68. Reed, Adolph. 2000. Class notes. New York: The New Press.
69. Reed, K. Terrell, and Sonia Alleyne. 2002. What it takes to win. Black Enterprise November:82-95.
70. Reed, K. Terrell, and Sonia Alleyne. 2006. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.. won’t run for Chicago mayor. Jet, November 27.
71. Schlesinger, Joseph. 1966. Ambition and politics: Political careers in the United States. Chicago:Rand McNally.
72. Sheridan, Earl. 1996. The new accommodationists. Journal of Black Studies, 27(2): 152-71.
73. Smith, Robert. 1981. Black power and the transformation from protest to poltics. Political Science Quarterly, 96(3): 431-443.
74. Smith, Robert C. 1990. Recent elections and Black politics: The maturation or death of Black politics? PS: Political Science and Politics 23(2): 160-62.
75. Smith, Robert C. 1993. Ideology as the enduring dilemma of Black politics. In Dilemmas of Black politics, ed. Georgia Persons, 211-25. New York: HarperCollins.
76. Smith, Robert C. 1996. We have no leaders. Albany: SUNY Press.
77. Smith, Ben. 2008. Election results: US House and Senate; US House: Incumbents win all primary races: Lewis avoids runoff despite two ppponents. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.lexis-nexis.com (accessed August 19, 2009).
78. Staba, David. 2005. Buffalo elects first Black mayor, who claims mandate. The New York Times, November 9, B10.
79. Star News Services. 2005. Kwame’s woes: Conflict follows Detroit mayor in his battle for a second term. Windsor (Ontario) Star, July 16.
80. Starr, Alexandra. 2002. We shall overcome, too. Business Week, July 15. LexisNexis Academic Universe http://www.web.lexis-nexis.com/universe (accessed January 20, 2003).
81. Strategic Perceptions, prod. 2006. Family ties. [Political Advertisement]. Hollywood, CA: Strategic Perceptions. http://nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/2006/ 11/1106tnsen2.htm (accessed June 14, 2007).
82. Strickland, Ruth Ann, and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1992. Comparing the Wilder and Gantt campaigns: A model for Black candidate success in statewide elections. PS:Political Science and Politics, 25(2): 204-12.
83. Stone, Pauline Terrelonge. 1980. Ambition theory and the Black politician. The Western Political Quarterly, 33(1): 94-107.
84. Summers, Mary, and Phillip Klinkner. 1996. The election and governance of John Daniels as mayor of New Haven. In Race, governance, and politics in the United States, ed. Huey L. Perry, 127-50. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
85. Tate, Katherine. 1994. From protest to politics: The new Black voters in American elections. New York and Cambridge, MA: Russell Sage Foundation/Harvard University Press.
86. Traub, James. 2002. The way we live now: 9-8-02; The last color line. The New York Times Magazine September 8. LexisNexis Academic Universe. http://www.web.lexis-nexis.com/universe (accessed January 20, 2003).
87. U.S. Census Bureau. 2007. American factfinder: Greenville, Mississippi. http://factfinder.census.gov (accessed June 14, 2007).
88. Ronald Walters, and Robert C. Smith. 1999. African American leadership. Albany: SUNY Press.
89. Wiggins, Ovetta. 2006. As ballots are counted, Wynn’s unbeatable status is questioned. The Washington Post, September 15, B1.
90. Williams, Linda. 1987. Black political progress in the 1980‘s: The electoral arena. In The new Black politics: The search for political power. 2nd ed., ed. Michael B. Preston, Lenneal J. Henderson Jr., and Paul Puryear, 97-136. New York and London: Longman.
91. Williams, Vanessa. 1994a. Blackwell and Fattah keeping campaign hot as election nears. The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 3, B1.
92. Williams, Vanessa. 1994b. Ambition, persistence paid off for Fattah. The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 12, B1.
93. Wilson, James Q. 1960. Negro politics: The search for leadership. Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
94. Wilson, Zaphon. 1993. Gantt versus Helms: Deracialization confronts southern traditionalism. In Dilemmas of Black politics, ed. Georgia Persons, 176-93. New York:HarperCollins.