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In the past, African American aspirations for political offi ce were assumed to be limited to areas with sizeable black population bases
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Acknowledgments
Editor's Note
Georgia A. PersonsPart I: A New Structure of Ambition in African American Politics:
A Symposium
Beyond the Boundaries: A New Structure of Ambition
in African American Politics
Robert C. Smith, Symposium Editor
Making History, Again, So Soon? The Massachusetts
Gubernatorial Election
Angela K. LewisRunning on Race and Against Convention: Michael Steele,
Kweisi Mfume, and Maryland's 2006 Senate Contest
Tyson D. King-MeadowsThree Wrongs and Too Far Right: The Wrong Candidate,
the Wrong Year, and the Wrong State: J. Kenneth Blackwell's
Run for Ohio Governor
Wendy G. SmoothSouthern Racial Etiquette and the 2006 Tennessee
Senate Race: The Racialization of Harold Ford's
Deracialized Campaign
Richard T. Middleton, IV and Sekou M. FranklinRacial Threat, Republicanism, and the Rebel Flag:
Trent Lott and the 2006 Mississippi Senate Race
Byron D'Andra OreyPart II: The Evolving Developmental Context of Black Politics
and Praxis
Statewide Races in Maryland: Unusual Beginnings
of a New Era in Electoral Politics?
Walter W. HillElectoral Cycles in Racial Polarization and the
2006 Senate Elections
Richard Forgette and Marvin KingThe Early Electoral Contests of Senator Barack Obama:
A Longitudinal Analysis
Hanes Walton, Jr. and Robert C. StarksThe Third Wave: Assessing the Post-Civil Rights
Cohort of Black Elected Leadership
Andra GillespieBlack Identity: What Does It Mean for Black Leaders?
Jas M. SullivanLearning to Participate: The Effects of Civic Education
on Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Melissa ComberThe Literature on Senator Barack Obama's 2008
Presidential Campaign
Hanes Walton, Jr., Josephine A.V. Allen, Sherman C. Puckett,
Donald R. Deskins, Jr., and Leslie Burl McLemoreA Radical Critique of the Reparations Movement
Carter A. WilsonCreating a Transnational Network of Black
Representation in the Americas: A Profi le of the Legislators at the First Meeting of Black Parliamentarians in Latin America
Michael Mitchell, Minion K.C. Morrison, and Ollie Johnson, IIIIntroductory Political Science Textbooks: Are They
Inclusive of African American Politics?
Sherri L. Wallace and Dewey M. ClaytonPart III: Book Forum
African American Politics in Third Parties and Urban
Affairs: A Review Essay
Hanes Walton, Jr.Invitation to the Scholarly Community
About the author
Georgia A. Persons
Summary
In the past, African American aspirations for political offi ce were assumed to be limited to areas with sizeable black population bases
