Books by Sekou M. Franklin

Investigates the complex relationship between racial polarization, black political influence, and multiracial coalitions in Tennessee in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Sekou Franklin and Ray Block contend that the racial divide is both one of the causes and one of the consequences of black Tennesseans' recent loss of political power.

What happened to black youth in the post-civil rights generation? What kind of causes did they rally around and were they even rallying in the first place? This book looks at a variety of key civil rights groups across the country over the years to provide a view of black youth and social movement activism.