Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Epistemology and Theory
7. A Frame of Reference for Black politics 3
8. Scientific Method, Value Judgments, and the Black Predicament in the United States 17
9. NCOBPS 31
10. Political Science and the Black Political Experience 43
11. Black PoliticS
12. Black Politics 63
13. Black Political Empowerment in Atlanta 97
14. Black Mayoral Leadership in Atlanta 133
15. The Voting Rights Act as an Intervention Strategy for Social Change 141
16. Race and Public Policy
17. The Black Underclass as Systemic Phenomenon 167
18. Political Philosophy and Public Assistance in Liberal Society 181
19. Affirmative Action 191
20. Racism, Multiculturalism, the Black Conservative Movement, and the Post–Civil Rights Era 205
21. On Display; Hypocrisy, Deceit, and Arrogance 235
22. Contemporary International Developments and Their Implications for the Global African Community 251
23. commentarieS and reViewS
24. The White Custodians of the Black Experience 259
25. Limitations of the Civil Rights Philosophy and Agenda 267
26. Cornel West, the Insurgent Black Intellectual, Race Matters 277
27. Deracialization and Crossover Appeal 291
28. Index 297