A study of Black female political participation in Atlanta, Georgia, 1998

Walker, Carmen Victoria

1990-1999

This thesis will examine historical and contemporary forms of black women's political participation in America. This research will also examine a 1997 survey of black women's political participation in Atlanta, Georgia to argue that contemporary black women's activism has encompassed both electoral and non-electoral activism and is not atypical. Most of the existing research on women, however, posits black women's activism to be an anomaly. However, black women have participated in both traditional and nontraditional forms of political activity. It is argued that black women's level and style of political activism has been influenced by race, gender, and economic factors.

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1998-05-01

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Master of Arts (MA)

Clark Atlanta University

African-American Studies

Boone, William
Sumler-Edmond, Janice
Dorsey, David

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1998_walker_carmen_v