IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v439y1978i1p90-117.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Black Political Empowerment in Atlanta: Myth and Reality

Author

Listed:
  • Mack H. Jones

Abstract

Much of the scholarly literature on black political life in the United States may be appropriately classified as atheoretical. This paper develops a theoretical framework for understanding black politics and assessing black power in America. The distinguishing characteristic of black political life is the subordination of blacks by whites and the concomitent institutionalized belief that white domination is a function of the inherent superiority of whites. Given this as a frame of reference, the evolution of black political power in Atlanta is traced. The discussion is divided into two periods, the first beginning in 1965 and extending to 1973, when Atlanta elected its first black mayor, and the second covering the first four years of the latter's incumbency.

Suggested Citation

  • Mack H. Jones, 1978. "Black Political Empowerment in Atlanta: Myth and Reality," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 439(1), pages 90-117, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:439:y:1978:i:1:p:90-117
    DOI: 10.1177/000271627843900108
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000271627843900108
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/000271627843900108?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:439:y:1978:i:1:p:90-117. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.