The Great Migration and the Democratic Party: Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century. By Grant, Keneshia N. . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2020. 214 p. $74.50 cloth, $27.95 paper

[...]each of these cities elected its first African American mayor either during the 1970s (Coleman Young of Detroit) or 1980s (Harold Washington of Chicago and David Dinkins of New York City). [...]perhaps an analysis of Republican Party participation and activism is necessary because African Americans did not join the Democratic Party until the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. [...]this groundbreaking book will spark debates about several important minority, urban, and partisan political issues.