Losing Power: African Americans and Racial Polarization in Tennessee Politics Franklin Sekou
Tennessee has made tremendous strides in race relations since the end of de jure segregation. African Americans are routinely elected and appointed to state and local offices, the black vote has…
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Tennessee has made tremendous strides in race relations since the end of de jure segregation. African Americans are routinely elected and appointed to state and local offices, the black vote has tremendous sway in statewide elections, and legally explicit forms of racial segregation have been outlawed. Yet the idea of transforming Tennessee into a racially equitable state--a notion that was central to the black freedom movement during the antebellum and Jim Crow periods--remains elusive for many African Americans in Tennessee, especially those living in the most underresourced and economically distressed communities.Losing Power investigates the complex relationship between racial polarization, black political influence, and multiracial coalitions in Tennessee in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Sekou M. Franklin and Ray Block examine the divide in values,