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Black Issues Forum 2004

The Changing Political Environment in the Black Community

Faculty/Staff: Blane Harding
Peer Mentors: Delijah Shead
Student Participants: Dora Ameyaw, Treanna Dennis, Gregory Graham, Blake Hammond, Earl Holmes, Nadiah Porter, Ericka Taylor
Library Staff: Lou Anderson

Background | Keywords & Subjects | Books | Articles | Web Sites

Presentation Format

Background

  • What is a "Black Conservative"?
    "Well, he is not necessarily a Republican, or free-market libertarian, or religious fundamentalist, pro-lifer, trickle-down economist, or neocon. ... Under his American identity a black Republican is conservative, but under his racial identity he may be quite liberal. ... But the 'new' black conservatives...may even be liberal by their American identity but are definitely conservative by the terms of their group identity.  It is their dissent from the explanation of black group authority that brings them the 'black conservative' imprimatur.  Without this dissent we may have a black Republican but not a 'black conservative'...  From A Dream Deferred, by Shelby Steele, page 8.
  • Some prominent Black conservatives:
    Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Shelby Steele, Glenn C. Lowry, Walter E. Williams, I. A. Parker, Robert Woodson, Joseph Perkins, Ken Hamblin, etc.
  • According to a national opinion poll conducted by the Join Center for Political And Economic Studies in 2002, 63% of African Americans said they were Democrats, 24% independents, 10% Republican, and 3% gave preference.

Keywords/Subjects

Use these keywords to search in databases or in the Sage library catalog.
Choose One:
  • African American
  • African Americans
  • African American intellectuals
  • Blacks
  • race
  • other keyword - your choice

 

 

AND

 Choose One:
  • politics
  • other keyword - your choice
  • conservatism

Examples:

  • African Americans and politics
  • blacks and politics
  • African Americans and republican
  • African Americans and conservatism
  • African Americans and conservatives

Books - Search in Sage Library Catalog for books

  • SAGE (Library Catalog)
  • The following books have been pulled from the shelves and are available in the library computer labs. These books need to stay in the labs:

    African Americans and Political Participation - E185.A2538 2003
    Black and Right: The Bold New Voice of Black Conservatives in America - E185.615.B538 1997
    Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment: Profiles of a New Black Vanguard - E185.615.C663 1993
    Content of our Character: A New Vision of Race in America - E185.615.S723 1990
    Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States: Made in America - E185.D46 2002
    A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America - E185.615.S7234 1998
    The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality - E185.8.S53 2004
    Losing the Race: Self-sabotage in Black America - E185.625.M38 2000
    The New H. N. I. C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop - E185.86.B648 2002
    Pick a Better Country; An Unassuming Colored Guy Speaks His Mind About America - E185.615.H275 1996
    Race and Economics - E184.A1S69
    What Color is a Conservative?  My Life and My Politics [J. C. Watts] - E840.8.W39A3 2002
     
  • To browse the library collection for additional books, check the E185 call numbers located 3rd floor West
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    Articles - Search in Databases for journal, magazine, newspaper articles

    Search Tips:

    • Try different keywords. Some databases use the term blacks, while others may use African American or Afro-American.
    • Some databases are "full text" databases -- most or all of the articles in these databases will be available online -- no need to make photocopies!
    • Please ask if you aren't finding what you're looking for! There are many other databases available.

    Web Sites--African American Sites

    Web Sites--National Political Party Sites