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OverviewAmid the deadly racial violence of the 1960s, an unassuming student from a fundamentalist Christian home in Omaha emerged as a leader and nationally recognised black activist. Ernest Chambers, elected to the Nebraska State Legislature in 1970, eventually became one of the most influential legislators the state has ever known. As Chambers bids for re-election in 2012 to the office he held for thirty-eight years, Omaha native Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson illuminates his embattled career as a fiercely independent self-styled “defender of the downtrodden.” Tracing the growth of the Black Power Movement in Nebraska and throughout the U.S., Ali Johnson discovers its unprecedented emphasis on electoral politics. For the first time since Reconstruction, voters catapulted hundreds of African American community leaders into state and national political arenas. Special-interest groups and political machines would curb the success of aspiring African American politicians, just as urban renewal would erode their geographical and political bases, compelling the majority to join the Democratic or Republican parties. Chambers was one of the few not to capitulate. In her revealing study of the man and those he represented, Ali Johnson portrays one intellectual’s struggle alongside other African Americans to actualise their latent political power. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson , Quintard Taylor, Jr. , Quintard Taylor (University of Oregon)Publisher: Texas Tech Press,U.S. Imprint: Texas Tech Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780896727298ISBN 10: 0896727297 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 December 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTekla Agbala Ali Johnson, born in North Omaha, Nebraska, is assistant professor of history at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Quintard Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |