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Black Officeholding

Black Officeholding is a political phenomenon denoting the election, appointment, or service of African Americans in governmental offices during the Reconstruction Era, distinguished by its emergence in the postbellum United States as an unprecedented expansion of Black civic participation within the formal structures of democracy.

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2017–2026

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The Effect of Black Congressional Representation on Political Participation

Claudine Gay · American Political Science Review · 2001 · 328 citations

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Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights.

Hugh Davis Graham, Abigail Thernstrom · The Journal of Southern History · 1989 · 108 citations

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An “unofficial” history of race relations in the South African accounting industry, 1968–2000: Perspectives of South Africa's first black chartered accountants

Theresa Hammond, Bruce Clayton, Patricia J. Arnold · Critical Perspectives on Accounting · 2011 · 46 citations

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Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights.

Tony Freyer, Abigail Thernstrom · Journal of American History · 1990 · 18 citations

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Race, Representation, and Local Governments in the US South: The Effect of the Voting Rights Act

Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Cecilia Testa · Journal of Political Economy · 2022 · 10 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AT
    Abigail Thernstrom

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  2. PJ
    Patricia J. Arnold

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  3. CT
    Cecilia Testa

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. CA
    Clarence A. Bacote

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. CG
    Claudine Gay

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 328 citations

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Institutions

9

  1. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    328 citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. San Francisco State University

    San Francisco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  5. Economic Policy Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  7. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Southern History

    1 publications · 108 citations

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  2. Journal of American History

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. Critical Perspectives on Accounting

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  5. American Political Science Review

    1 publications · 328 citations

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