In the Balance of Power : Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States

Authors

Omar H. Ali

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Description

Reveals the multiple independent political tactics and strategies that African Americans have used to expand democracy and uphold civil and political rights since the founding of the nation.

This new edition of Ali’s groundbreaking narrative includes an epilogue by independent political analyst and leader Jacqueline Salit. New material addresses the historic presidencies of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump, as well as the rising tide of independent and anti-party sentiments.

"Historically, most black voters in the United States have aligned themselves with one of the two major parties: the Republican Party from the time of the Civil War to the New Deal and, since the New Deal - and especially since the height of the modern civil rights movement - the Democratic Party. However, as In the Balance of Power convincingly demonstrates, African Americans have long been part of independent political movements and have used third parties to advance some of the most important changes in the United States, notably the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting rights, and the enforcement of civil rights." "In the Balance of Power presents a history and analysis of African American third-party movements that can help us better understand the growing diversity among black voters today." --Jacket, 2008 edition.

Version

Revised and Updated Edition

Copyright Statement

In the Balance of Power © 2008, 2020 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821447260

Publication Date

8-2020

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Lenora Fulani, SNCC, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Black nationalism, Independent candidates, Black Panthers, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, Socialist Party, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, W.E.B. DuBois, Progressive Era, Reconstruction, 15th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 13th Amendment, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Abolition, Slavery, American history, Political movements, Politics, African American politics, Black politics, Independent politics, Third-Party politics

Disciplines

African American Studies | American Politics | Political History | Politics and Social Change | Race and Ethnicity

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Ali, Omar H., "In the Balance of Power : Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States" (2020). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 48.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/48