The Rhetoric of Black Mayors : In Their Own Words /

The Rhetoric of Black Mayors : In Their Own Words /

The Rhetoric of Black Mayors explores the rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities. Atwater discusses and analyzes the process of creating coalitions by each mayor by dealing with the news coverage of the mayors by both the black and...

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Main Author: Atwater, Deborah F., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Incorporated, [2010]
Subjects:
African American mayors > Language.
African American mayors > Social conditions.
Rhetoric > United States > History.
English language > Rhetoric > History.
English language > Social aspects > United States.
Mayors > United States > Language.
Mayors > United States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Languages.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Politics and government.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Wilson Goode : mayor as technocrat and pioneer, Philadelphia, PA
  • James Sills, Jr. : mayor as educator, Wilmington, DE
  • Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly : African American woman reformer, mayor, Washington, DC
  • Aaron Thompson : mayor as caretaker, Camden, NJ
  • Marvin Wilson : mayor as purveyor of hope, Glenarden, MD
  • Kwame Malik Kilpatrick : mayor as rising star/fallen angel, Detroit, MI.

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