{"product_id":"the-great-migration-and-the-democratic-party-black-voters-and-the-realignment-of-american-politics-in-the-20th-century-hardback-9781439917459","title":"The Great Migration and the Democratic Party; Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century (Hardback) 9781439917459","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Great Migration and the Democratic Party\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeneshia N. Grant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439917459\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e202 pages, 3 halftones, 12 tables, 1 fig., 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.3 x 2 cm, 0.388 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“ \u003ci\u003eAn impressive work of political scholarship, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Great Migration and the Democratic Party \u003ci\u003ecaptures the political agency of Black migrants to the urban North. Tracing Black political activity across Chicago, Detroit, and New York City, Grant shows how migrants eagerly grasped the possibility of place by engaging in strategic coalition building with local parties. Political activism, in turn, led to the election or appointment of Black women and men to local and state offices, giving political voice and influence to the new migrants and, in some cases, to the Black Americans disenfranchised in the South. The possibility of the Black ‘balance of power’ vote and the activism of Black officials created the northern urban roots of the Democratic Party’s twentieth-century realignment. Grant’s careful historical scholarship and political analysis provide a clear and systematic breakdown of the Great Migration and its consequences.\u003c\/i\u003e” \u003cbr\u003e -Kimberley Johnson, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at the Wagner School, New York University, and author of \u003ci\u003eReforming Jim Crow: Southern Politics and State in the Age before \u003c\/i\u003eBrown “\u003ci\u003eScholars have long analyzed the Great Migration’s social and economic effects on U.S. cities. In this well-documented study, Keneshia Grant goes where few scholars have gone before, by focusing on the Great Migration’s significant political consequences on U.S. cities. Using in-depth case studies and historical analysis, Grant demonstrates how the massive influx of Black migrants from the South transformed local political regimes in Detroit, Chicago, and New York. She paints a vivid portrait of the political agency of Black migrants from the South, including many who won election to local, state, and federal offices in their adopted cities.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e -Marion Orr, Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, Brown University, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLatino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City \u003c\/i\u003e(Temple).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Black people live has long been an important determinant of their ability to participate in political processes. The Great Migration significantly changed the way Democratic Party elites interacted with Black communities in northern cities, Detroit, New York, and Chicago. Many white Democratic politicians came to believe the growing pool of Black voters could help them reach their electoral goals-and these politicians often changed their campaign strategies and positions to secure Black support. Furthermore, Black migrants were able to participate in politics because there were fewer barriers to Black political participations outside the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Migration and the Democratic Party \u003c\/i\u003eframes the Great Migration as an important economic and social event that also had serious political consequences. Keneshia Grant created one of the first listings of Black elected officials that classifies them based on their status as participants in the Great Migration. She also describes some of the policy\/political concerns of the migrants. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Migration and the Democratic Party \u003c\/i\u003elays the groundwork for ways of thinking about the contemporary impact of Black migration on American politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52586873225496,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-great-migration-and-the-democratic-party-black-voters-and-the-realignment-of-american-politics-in-the-20th-century-hardback-9781439917459","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}