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In the face of its 2012 defeat and looming demographic trends that did not bode well for the party's future presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee officially declared its intention to recruit more African American candidates for office. But will fielding more African American candidates likely attract more African American votes for Republicans? Here, I employ a field experiment using real candidates and real votes cast in two down-ballot races featuring African American Republican candidates. Among voters who received mailings highlighting both race and party, African American voters responded primarily to party, in the process largely rejecting these two candidates. By contrast, African American voters responded more favorably when they learned the race, but not the party, of these candidates. The results here suggest something of a self-affirming political preference order in which African Americans felt affirmed by voting for a fellow African American, but only when they did not see that candidate as conflicting with a more central aspect of their political identity.

The village that raised me -- An uncommon man with resilient roots -- An Energizer bunny with fascinating origins -- The national pastime, all the time -- One giant leap for integration -- Laboratory in democracy -- The center of my universe -- Training for the law and for life -- Moving toward the mainstream -- The New York Times knocks -- Let's go to the videotape -- Other people's money -- The military and me -- There at the creation -- A dream deferred comes true -- Taking the reins in contentious times -- My speech makes a splash -- Spreading the gospel of achievement -- The criminal injustice system -- Affirmative action and other fights -- Fringe benefits -- Reflections on leadership -- Denouement of an adventuresome career

Despite the significant study of western history and African-American migration throughout the United States, until recent years the experience of African Americans in the West has gone largely untold. This is especially true in regards to African-American women and their contribution to western communities. Through a detailed historical analysis, this paper will identify some of the important African-American women in Montana's past, shedding light on their experiences and main contributions. The essay leans on reputable primary and secondary sources including applications to the National Register of Historic Places, census data, and the writings of historians such as Dr. Quintard Taylor. I argue that African-American women played a crucial role in the creation and cultivation of African-American communities throughout Montana. Through the organization and mobilization of social groups, participation in social and political change, and by capitalizing on economic opportunities, African-American women were able to challenge western social norms and create lasting change that we can see across Montana today. These women were able to uplift the entirety of their community, generating improvements that are being celebrating in current times. Because of the near invisibility of these women in the historic record, it is paramount their contributions be studied, recognized, and appreciated today.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. African American Children in the Modern Child Welfare System: A Legacy of the Flemming Rule -- 2. Family Preservation and Support Services: A Missed Opportunity for Kinship Care -- 3. Child Protection Risk Assessment and African American Children: Cultural Ramifications for Families and Communities -- 4. An Out-of-Home Care System in Crisis: Implications for African American Children in the Child Welfare System -- 5. Achieving Same-Race Adoptive Placements for African American Children: Culturally Sensitive Practice Approaches -- 6. African American Families and HIV/AIDS: Caring for Surviving Children -- 7. "Of Mind, Body, and Spirit": Therapeutic Foster Care-An Innovative Approach to Healing from an NTU Perspective -- 8. African American Female Adolescent Identity Development: A Three-Dimensional Perspective -- 9. A Rite of Passage Approach Designed to Preserve the Families of Substance-Abusing African American Women -- 10. An Afrocentric Program for African American Males in the Juvenile Justice System -- 11. Same-Race Practice: Do We Expect Too Much or Too Little? -- 12. Why African American Adoption Agencies Succeed: A New Perspective on Self-Help -- 13. Cultural Competence in Child Welfare: What Is It? How Do We Achieve It? What Happens Without It?

African‐American Pioneers in Anthropology. Ira E. Harrison and Faye V. Harrison. eds. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 296 pp.

This two-volume set examines the issues and policies that put African Americans at risk in our culture today, utilizing the most recent research from scholars in the field to provide not only objective, encyclopedic information, but also varying viewpoints to encourage critical thinking. The entries comprehensively document how African Americans are treated differently, have more negative outcomes in the same situations than other races, and face risks due to issues inherent in their past or current social and economic conditions. Care is taken to note distinctions between subgroups and not f