1st Edition
Conservatism in the Black Community To the Right and Misunderstood
1. Introduction 2. Conservatism in America 3. Black Conservatism 4. Community Support for Conservatism 5. Permanent Interest: Politics of the 21st Century.
Biography
Dr. Angela K. Lewis is associate professor of government at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research appears in the National Political Science Review, American Review of Politics, Journal of African American Studies and the International Journal of African Studies. She was also a contributor for Whose Black Politics and The Constitutionalism of American States.
"Professor Lewis’ work offers a detailed and penetrating analysis of African American conservative ideology and how it differs from mainstream conservatism. More importantly, she offers unique and rarely seen insights and findings about how well the Reagan Administration succeeding in altering African American public opinion and ideology. Hence, her new book is a must read and the place to start understanding the micro-level characteristics and features of African American conservatism. There is no peer at the moment."
—Hanes Walton Jr., University of Michigan
