Preface and acknowledgments
Foreword
List of tables
List of illustrations
ch. 1. The role of race in local electoral politics
ch. 2. Black politics and race relations in Memphis during reconstruction
ch. 3. The Crump machine and Black Memphis
ch. 4. The civil rights movement in Memphis
ch. 5. Racial polarization and electoral behavior, 1975-87
ch. 6. The 1991 Memphis mayoral election: W.W. Herenton targets Black mobilization
ch. 7. The limits of mayoral power and the ethnoracial transition in Memphis
ch. 8. The continuing search for full incorporation in Memphis
Bibliography
About the author
Index.