Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE Characteristics of Black Empowerment Activism -- The New Face of Black Politics:Black Empowerment Activism -- The City of Mandela: Black Empowerment Activism -- TWO Black Empowerment and the American Political Spectrum -- The American Political Spectrum and Black Empowerment -- Black Empowerment and the "Black Body-Politic" -- Toward a New Black Agenda? -- THREE The Changing Black Political Agenda -- Toward New Racial and Political Goals -- White Populism and Black Activism -- The Beginning of New Politics and Goals -- Continuing Racial Hierarchy -- FOUR Race and the Failure of Political Managerialism -- Political Managerialism and Activism -- Toward Structural and Institutional Changes -- The Traditional Face of Black Politics -- The Progressive Face -- FIVE Black Empowerment and the Corporate Sector -- SIX The Changing Black Electorate -- Blacks and the Liberal and Conservative Agendas -- Two Kinds of Black Leaders -- Urban Managerialism versus Political Activism -- Black Political Radicalization -- The Plight of the Democratic Party -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backcover.