American Politics  and the African-American 
Quest for Universal Freedom


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American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom, 5/E

Hanes Walton, Jr., University of Michigan
Robert C. Smith, San Francisco State University

© 2010 | Longman | 03/04/2009
ISBN-10: 0205638368 | ISBN-13: 9780205638369

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Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS

1. Universal Freedom Declared, Universal Freedom Denied: Racism, Slavery, and the Ideology of White Supremacy in the Founding of the Republic

2. Federalism and the Limits of Universal Freedom

II. POLITICAL BEHAVIORISM

3. Political Culture

4. Political Socialization

5. Public Opinion

6. African Americans and the Media

III. COALITIONS, MOVEMENTS, INTEREST GROUPS, PARTIES, AND ELECTIONS

7. Social Movements and a Theory of African American Coalition Politics

8. Interest Groups

9. Political Parties

10. Voting Behavior and Elections

IV. INSTITUTIONS

11. The Congress and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

12. The Presidency and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

13. The Supreme Court and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

14. The Bureaucracy and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

V. PUBLIC POLICY

15. Domestic Policy and the African American Quest for Social and Economic Justice.

16. The African American Quest for Universal Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy

Appendix

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States of America

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

Credits

Index