Dianne S Johnson

Power in the City: Clarence Stone and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in Government & Public Policy)

A leading theorist in urban politics, Clarence Stone redefined the field with his prize-winning book Regime Politics and is now acknowledged as the father of "regime analysis." Over the course of four decades, he has examined political power and leadership, race and politics, and the politics of soc...

The Best of The Brownies' Book (Opie Library)

In January 1920 a new monthly magazine was born, created especially for young people the editors called "the Children of the Sun." W.E.B. Du Bois, a professor and writer who was one of the founders of the NAACP, was publisher and editor. Augustus Granville Dill, a former professor of social sciences...

Telling Tales: The Pedagogy and Promise of African American Literature for Youth (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets)

This work examines the development of African American literature for young people--in terms of recurrent thematic content and underlying philosophies--from 1920 to the present. Johnson provides a close reading of various texts including 1) The Brownies' Book magazine, edited by W.E.B. Du Bois and J...

Telling Tales : The Pedagogy and Promise of African American Literature for Youth