AFRICAN AMERICANS GAINED SEATS IN STATE ASSEMBLIES DURING THE '90S, BUT FEW ASSUMED POSITIONS OF POWER, ACCORDING TO POLITICAL RESEARCHERS
September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 12 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
Researchers examining trends in state politics have found that during the 1990s, African-American officeholders had difficulty translating election to public office into positions of authority such as committee chairs in state legislatures. The findings, said a University of Missouri-Columbia faculty member who participated in the study, provide somewhat of a "mixed picture" of polit . . .
Researchers examining trends in state politics have found that during the 1990s, African-American officeholders had difficulty translating election to public office into positions of authority such as committee chairs in state legislatures. The findings, said a University of Missouri-Columbia faculty member who participated in the study, provide somewhat of a "mixed picture" of polit . . .