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Black churches and local politics : clergy influence, organizational partnerships, and civic empowerment / edited by R. Drew Smith and Fredrick C. Harris.

Contributor(s): Smith, R. Drew, 1956- | Harris, Fredrick C
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xix, 218 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0742545229 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780742545229 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): African American churches -- Political activity | African American clergy -- Political activity | African Americans -- Politics and government | Christianity and politics -- United States | Municipal government -- United StatesLOC classification: BR563.B53 | B569 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Black churches, activist traditions, and urban political contexts / Fredrick C. Harris -- Black churches, Black empowerment, and Atlanta's civil rights legacy / Alton B. Pollard III -- Black clergy and models of civil rights activism in Miami / Clarence Taylor -- Bennett W. Smith Sr. and ministerial influence on political life in Buffalo / Sherri Leronda Wallace -- Black ministers and the politics of personal influence in Columbus / Yvette Alex-Assensoh -- Black faith-based coalitions in Boston : civic advantages and challenges / James Jennings -- Black churches and electoral engagement in the nation's capital / Ronald Walters and Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs -- Black churches and machine politics in Chicago / Fredrick C. Harris -- Black clergy electoral involvement in Cleveland / Mittie Olion Chandler -- Black churches and the formation of political action committees in Detroit / Ronald E. Brown and Carolyn Hartfield -- Party politics and Black church political organization in Queens, New York / Michael Leo Owens -- Black clergy and the governmental sector during George W. Bush's presidency / R. Drew Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Black churches, activist traditions, and urban political contexts / Fredrick C. Harris -- Black churches, Black empowerment, and Atlanta's civil rights legacy / Alton B. Pollard III -- Black clergy and models of civil rights activism in Miami / Clarence Taylor -- Bennett W. Smith Sr. and ministerial influence on political life in Buffalo / Sherri Leronda Wallace -- Black ministers and the politics of personal influence in Columbus / Yvette Alex-Assensoh -- Black faith-based coalitions in Boston : civic advantages and challenges / James Jennings -- Black churches and electoral engagement in the nation's capital / Ronald Walters and Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs -- Black churches and machine politics in Chicago / Fredrick C. Harris -- Black clergy electoral involvement in Cleveland / Mittie Olion Chandler -- Black churches and the formation of political action committees in Detroit / Ronald E. Brown and Carolyn Hartfield -- Party politics and Black church political organization in Queens, New York / Michael Leo Owens -- Black clergy and the governmental sector during George W. Bush's presidency / R. Drew Smith.

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