Alice K. Thomas | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Law, Politics, and African Americans in Washington, DC explores the legal challenges and triumphs of African Americans and law and politics in Washington, DC, a city whose majority population comprises African Americans. It examines the interconnection between law and politics in Washington, DC, because it is vital to know the legal conditions under which the African American residents of the most powerful city in the world live, based on sound empirical evidence.

Law, Politics, and African Americans in Washington, DC addresses two major questions:



Why study African Americans in terms of law and politics?
Why examine law and politics at the local level, in this case Washington, DC?