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Georgia Politics, written by Chris Grant, provides students with an engaging exploration of the historical and behavioral evolution of Georgia politics. This brief chapter supplement assists instructors looking to fulfill the Georgia state legislative mandate for student competency on the Georgia Constitution. Students will explore racial diversity in the state, voting and political participation, challenges of creating educational policy, the three branches of government, Georgia’s 10 constitutions, and more! Students Save! We’ve made it easy for students to get Georgia Politics, all in one convenient package at a student-friendly price. When bundled with many of our CQ Press texts, students receive this supplement for FREE. See our full suite of textbook-Georgia Politics bundle offerings at cqpress.com/trendingtopics. Instructors, insert this chapter into your textbook! Contact your Custom Team directly to learn more about your custom teaching solution.
This new edition has been extensively updated to reflect developments in Georgia politics and government since 2007—a decade that has seen three presidential election cycles, two midterm elections, and a census. Updates reflect not only changes in how Georgia is governed but also the economic and social trends helping to drive those changes. These include the continued growth and dispersal of His panic and Asian populations; the decline, by a variety of measures, of rural areas; and the moderating effect of probusiness government factions on social conservative agendas. This edition maintains the book’s comparative approach, which examines the state from three revealing perspectives. Thi...
The story of a young, Black Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero. Decades before the impeachment of an American president for a similar offense, Angelo Herndon was charged under Georgia law with “attempting to incite insurrection”—a crime punishable by death. In 1932, the eighteen-year-old Black Communist Party organizer was arrested and had his room illegally searched and his radical literature seized. Charged under an old slave insurrection statute, Herndon was convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to eighteen to twenty years on a chain gang. You Can’t Kill a Man Because of th...