Black Politics and
Black Political Science
The Black Political Experience
One of the fundamental features of the study of politics at Clark Atlanta University and its parent institutions, has been a duality that sits at the heart of our programs. We take seriously the commitment as well as the responsibility to cover the waterfront of the discipline of Political Science. As reflected in our comprehensive subfields and specialization, student and faculty comfortably develop research projects in all of the traditional areas of political inquiry. Our department is equally committed to the study of politics from the perspectives and experiences of Black people and communities. This part of our tradition is grounded in the assumption that political inquiry - ontological, epistemological and methodological - begins from the standpoint we occupy.
Selected Dissertation Research on Black Politics, 1969-2025
1975. Hollis. Louis Banks. “The political orientation of Blacks in three Bi-racial predominantly rural counties in Georgia: The cases of Brooks, Burkes & Peach counties.”
1975. Moss, Larry Edward. “Black political ascendancy in urban centers and black control of the local police function: An exploratory analysis.”
1976. Boone, Willian H. “An exploratory study of the Blacks political environment in two southern states.”
1976. Jackson, Nathaniel Robert. “The politics of urban land use decisions: The diffential impact of zoning and urban renewal on the availability of low cost housing.”
1978. Simama, Jabari. “Black writers experience communism: An interdisciplinary study of imaginative writers, their critics, and the CPUSA.”
1980. Ekpe, Chukuemeka A. “The united states political and political economic systems and the position of black Americans in them: A study of the perception of African and black-American students.”
1980. Jones, Franklin Delano. “An analysis of the viability of free state movements in the southern black belt.”
1980. Scott, Elsie L. “The politics of the police system in predominantly black cities.”
1980. Standford, Maxwell C. “Revolutionary action movement (RAM): A case study of an urban revolutionary movement in western capitalist society.”
1981. Finley, Sr., D'Linel. “Ways and means of improving minority influence on public policy: The politics of enacting laws in the United States Congress that work to the advantage of black and poor people.”
1982. Hill, Rickey. Black political life and the new South Development Strategy: An analysis of Black political authority in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1975-1980.”
1982. Leonard, Byrdie A. “Deferred justice or power politics: An historical analysis of black higher education in America.”
1982. Reed, Adolph Leonard. “W.E.B. DuBois, liberal collectivism and the effort to consolidate a black elite: An Afro-American response to the development of mass-industrial society and its ideologies in the twentieth century United States.”
1984. Adams, Micheal O. “Black political life and the politics of race in the urban South; Jackson, Mississippi as a case study, 1944-1981.”
1984. Legette, Willie M. “A descriptive and critical analysis of black legislative policies in South Carolina., 1975-1982.”
1986. Jones, Claudia Turner. “The impact of Ancient African and Eastern social and political thought on selected writings of W.E.B. Dubois.”
1987. “Clemons, Micheal L. “Impact of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives on the process of political development in Sumter county, Alabama.”
1987. Morgan, Mary Nell. “The souls of women folks in the political thought of W.E.B. Dubois.”
1987. Newman, Lester C. “The political orientation of black students from all-black towns: the cases of Boley, Oklahoma, Grambling, Louisiana; and Mound Bayou, Mississippi.”
1988. Leader, Edward Roland. “Malcolm X: Utopian or scientific: An inquiry into the philosophical changes of El-Hajj Malik, El-Shabazz, 1960-1965.”
1988. Wilson, Johnny L. “A descriptive analysis of the freedom incorporated organization and the rise of black political empowerment in Kansas City, Missouri.”
1988. “Sullivan, Brenda Ann. “African-American political empowerment in the realignment era: A case study of the North Carolina General Assembly.”
1990. Zaphon, Wilson R. “Black Politics in North Carolina: A case study of the Second Congressional District.”
1991. Jurhree, Stancey. “The politics of the radical right: A case study of the political and social philosophy, and the rise and fall of the John Birch Society.”
1993. Fort-McGowan, Wanda T. “A descriptive analysis of the boycott campaign and black political empowerment in Claiborne County.”
1993. Kadalie, Modibo. “The independent African American labor movement in the formation of the American state and the consolidation of capitalist class power.”
1994. Jennings, Keith L. “The destruction of a black institution: A political economy of Fisk University, 1977-1984.”
1995. Cosby, Bruce. “Technological politics and the political history of African Americans."
1995. Myers, Johnnie Dumas. “African American women judges on courts of General and Appellate jurisdictions: A descriptive analysis.”
1995. Twyman, Bruce Edward. “Black Seminoles and North American politics, 1693-1845.”
1999. Echols, Jacqueline M. “State economic development policy as a source of disparities in the provision of economic development Aid to majority black countries.”
2001. Sewell, Said L. “A quantitative analysis of black Baptist pastors: perceptions and actions toward community development.”
2002. Usher, Carlton A. “An analysis of Hip-Hop culture as a political instrument.”
2004. Mcfayden, Elgie C. “African-American economic progress and the Clinton Administration.”
2004. White, Brian C. “The role of the Dallas Housing Authority in providing decent affordable and low -income housing for blacks, 1985-2003.”
2005. Garrett, Crystal. “The role of African-American women in the foreign policy arena: An analysis of the executive and legislative branches.”
2005. Washington, Marcella G. “Concurrent appointments and issues of race on boards and commissions: A case study of African-American appointments and three Florida Boards.”
2006. Fair, Teri. “An attitudinal case study of blacks in the Eastern region of Texas.”
2009. Collins, Kevin Tyrone. “A case study of African American participation in the initial allocation of tobacco master settlement agreement funds to black communities in Arkansas and Georgia.”
2009. Jones, Joseph L. “Hegemonic rhythms: The role of Hip-Hop music in 21st century American public diplomacy.”
2009. White, Celeste Michelle. “Electoral participation among black women in Georgia: A comparative analysis between Atlanta and Keysville."
2011. Densu, Kwasi. “Patchin: Toward a theory and political history of Africana agrarianism.”
2011. Jones, Lee C. “The Cold War and conflict in Angola and Ethiopia 1975-1991: A world system theory comparison.”
2012. Gray, Vance. “The impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on black and Latino unemployment.”
2012. Haynes-Belizaire Aisha L. “Legislating social justice policy: A case study of sponsored legislation by black congresswomen during the 108th congressional session.”
2023. Harris, Alexis. "First Black Woman in the United States Senate: A Constructivist Analysis of Political Socialization."
