Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition

This A-to-Z volume examines the role of African Americans in the political process from the early days of the American Revolution to the present. Focusing on basic political ideas, court cases, laws, concepts, ideologies, institutions, and political processes, this book covers all facets of African Americans in American government. Written by a nationally renowned scholar in the field, the Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition will enlighten readers to the struggles and triumphs of African Americans in the American political system.

Entries include:



Abolitionist Movement

African immigrants

Barack Obama

Black Lives Matter

Black Panther Party

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Emancipation Proclamation

"Forty Acres and a Mule"

Freedmen's Bureau

Hurricane Katrina

Institutional racism

Integrationism

Juneteenth

Lynching

Malcolm X

Million Man March

Raphael Warnock