… Short-lived organizations, small groups, and associations of predominantly local … this
encyclopedia illustrate that African American associations helped to improve the quality of black life, …

… Organizing Black America is the most comprehensive volume documenting the history of
associations established by African Americans … on some black organizations or associations in …

… Power can be understood as the capabilities of individuals or groups to impose their will in
… , which granted collective bargaining rights to organized workers in the United States. The …

… racial groups, including a major entry on Native Americans … ed States and to Native American
spirituality past and present. … , church organization, westward migration, African American …

… We also sought out female scholars as contributors to the Encyclopedia. Organizational …
the African American denominations and religious groups and on the more prominent religious …

… tion of voluntary associations as a hallmark of American democracy. In his view, such
associations distinguished America from the more hierarchically organized societies of Western …

… elites and interest groups in society? In abandoning the notion of American exceptionalism
as self… Although the volumes are organized alphabetically from A to Z, we chose the entries to …