Johnson Serves on Panel at National Conference of Black Political Scientists
20 March 2002 Johnson Serves on Panel at National Conference of Black Political Scientists
Cedric Johnson, assistant professor of political science, served as discussant for a panel on black community organizing at the 31st annual meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This year's conference was held March 6 though 9 in Atlanta, Ga., under the theme, Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Black Politics. The black community organizing panel featured papers on grass-roots participation in Detroit's urban empowerment zone initiative; Old and New Left organizing approaches and their relevance to contemporary political conditions; and analysis of Shaw v. Reno and the impact of Congressional redistricting on black representation.