The Caribbeanization of Black Politics with Busboys and Poets Books
Date and Time
Oct 10, 2018 6:30 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Oct 10, 2018 6:30 pm
14th & V
Please join us at Busboys and Poets for a discussion of Dr. Austin's latest book, The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America. In the book, Dr. Austin examines social and political relationships among African Americans, Cape Verdeans, Haitians and West Indians in Boston, Chicago, Miami, and New York City. Dr. Austin will discuss politics in the city of Boston and the political conflicts and coalitions among native born and foreign born blacks there. The main questions she will address are, Is there group solidarity among them? If so, how does this solidarity impact their political activities?
*The book will be available for purchase at the event.
About the Author:
Dr. Sharon Austin is Professor of Political Science and Director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Florida. She teaches courses on minority politics, public policy, and American government. She is also the author of Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis and the Transformation of Plantation Polticis: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta.Â
This event is co-sponsored by the African American Studies Program at the University of Florida.Â
