Theme Panel: Local Politics at the Forefront of America’s Fight for Racial Equality

In-Person Created Panel
Co-sponsored by Division 30: Urban Politics

Participants:

(Discussant) Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University;
(Discussant) Tony Affigne, Providence College; (Chair) Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University

Papers:

Criminal Justice, Inequality, and Voter Behavior
Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Harvard University; John M. Sides, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Warshaw, George Washington University
Grassroots Political Organizations in American Political Development
Gwen Prowse, Yale University
Local Government: Social Accountability and #Black Lives Matter
Rosa Castillo Krewson; Lorita Daniels
Shared Space, Social Capital and Voter Turnout: Block Parties in Philadelphia
Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania; Tanika Raychaudhuri, Princeton University

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