President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
The most recent issue of the Trotter Review, which focuses on issues of the political representation of African Americans in local, state, and national politics, is now available in ScholarWorks, the institutional repository for scholarship and research at UMass Boston.
The Trotter Review has been published since 1987 by the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston.
The contents of this issue include
- “Governor Deval Patrick and the Representation of Massachusetts’ Black Interests” by Ravi K. Perry
- “Considered a Foreign Policy Neophyte, Barack Obama Emerges as One of the Nation’s Most Competent Commanders in Chief” by Howard Manly
- “Denver and Boston: Why One City Elects Black Mayors and the Other Has Not” by Kenneth J. Cooper
- “Commentary: Creating a Pipeline for a More Inclusive Democracy” by Joyce Ferriabough
ScholarWorks is the University of Massachusetts Boston’s online, open access institutional repository for scholarship and research. ScholarWorks serves as a publishing platform, a preservation service, and a showcase for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Boston community. ScholarWorks is a service of the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston.