Politics in the New South: Representation of African Americans in Southern State Legislatures

Documents political advances made by African Americans in the South over the last twenty-five years.

Winner of the 2006 V.O. Key Award presented by the Southern Political Science Association

This authoritative study of contemporary state legislatures in the South provides a fascinating account of how African Americans have achieved noticeable political power since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. A history of racial discrimination and one-party Democratic dominance is being supplant...