Editors' Note Guest Editors' Note Special Issue Articles Why Political Scientists Don't Study Black Women, But Historians and Sociologists Do: On Intersectionality and the Remapping of the Study of Black Political Women Nikol Alexander-Floyd "I Ain't Your Darn Help": Black Women as the Help in Intersectionality Research in Political Science Julia S. Jordan-Zachery (Black) Papa Knows Best: Marion Barry and the Appeal to Black Authoritarian Discourse Rosemary Ndubuizu "Talking" about Gender While Ignoring Race and Class: A Discourse Analysis of Pay Equity Debates Julia S. Jordan-Zachery and Salida Wilson Influencing the Political Agenda from the Outside: A Comparative Study of Hausa Women's NGOs and CBOs in Kano, Nigeria Adryan Wallace Black Women's Pathways to the Statehouse: The Impact of Race/Gender Identities Nadia E. Brown Taking to the Airwaves: Using Content Analyses of Survey Toplines and Filmographies to Test the "Michelle Obama Image Transformation" (MOIT) Hypothesis Ray Block Jr. and Christina S. Haynes Research Article: Black Urban Leadership Black Mayoral Leadership in New Orleans: Minority Incorporation Revisited Stefanie Chambers and William E. Nelson, Jr. Current Issue Analysis: The Supreme Court's Shelby County v.
Holder Decision Reflections on Shelby v. Holder Christina Rivers Trends Black Women State Legislators¿Electoral Trend Data 1995¿2011 B. D'Andra Orey and Nadia E. Brown Book Reviews Book Reviews: Special Issue on Black Women in Politics Tiffany Willoughby-Herard Swarns, Rachel L. American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, reviewed by Wendy G. Smooth Foster, Frances Smith, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Stanlie M. James, eds. Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies, reviewed by Brittany Lewis Blackwell, Maylei.
!Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement, reviewed by T. Jackie Cuevas Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement, reviewed by Stephanie Y. Mitchem Harris-Perry, Melissa. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn't Enough), reviewed by Nadia E. Brown McKittrick, Katherine. Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle, reviewed by Zenzele Isoke Nealy, Lisa Nikol. African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.
S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008, reviewed by Hanes Walton, Jr . Levi, Robin, and Ayelet Waldman, eds. Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons , Foreword by Michelle Alexander; Richie, Beth E. Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation ; Shigematsu, Setsu, Cameron Granadino, and Jolie Chea. Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life , reviewed by Ofelia Cuevas Moore, Mignon R. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women, reviewed by E. Patrick Johnson Clay, Andreana.
The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism, and Post-Civil Rights Politics, reviewed by H. L. T. Quan Cohen, Cathy. Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics, reviewed by Melina Abdullah The Editors: A Note on Passing: William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr. Invitation to the Scholarly Community.