Sherice Janaye Nelson

The Congressional Black Caucus (eBook, ePUB)

Fifty Years of Fighting for Equality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is the first racial caucus established in the Western world. The CBC was founded in 1971 after the historic Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the 1970 Census; both of which allowed voting districts to be redrawn-especially in the South where Blacks were denied constitutional rights. This burden and opportunity to speak of, advocate for, and legislate around the disparities in the lives of Blacks as citizens of the United States was, and continues to be the mission of the Caucus. CBC members understand that they are descriptive representatives as well as symbolic representatives charged with producing substantive legislation. They are a symbol of full Black citizenship; their individual elections, the creation, and the sustained legislative power of the Caucus symbolizes the collapse of dual sovereignty. A symbol many are bound to defecate with the inflation of states rights that will in-turn nullify the elections of many Black legislators.

The author reviews the legislative accomplishments, the legislative influence, and global impact the Congressional Black Caucus has made since its founding by focusing on how it has used legislative activism to improve the lives of the oppressed and forgotten. The work asserts that a racialized government structure has made the work done by the CBC appear as one step forward and two steps backward. Therefore, a historical review and subsequent analysis is imperative to truly understand how a racialized structure established obstacles the original thirteen members had to face, while understanding how those current obstacles hinder the CBC members of today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archway Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781665714280
• Artikelnr.: 69331219

Autorenporträt

Sherice Janaye Nelson is a speaker, author, researcher, and Assistant professor at Southern University and A&M College. She is a Black Diaspora expert who focuses on the political, social, and economic effects of racism. Her co-authored piece, "Insulated Blackness: Cause for Fracture in Black Political Identity" was recently published in the Journal Politics, Groups, and Identities, which established the theory why self-identified Blacks vote against their own self-interest due to the lack of experienced racial discrimination. She is the Director for the Jewel Limar Prestage Public Policy, Polling, and Research Center, and a proud alumna of Howard University, where she received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Science, specializing in International Relations, Black politics, and American government. She has only been educated at Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU's) and earned her Masters of Public Administration focusing on Public Management at the University of the District of Columbia; and graduated magna cum laude with a dual degree in History and English from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.