We know a great deal about civil rights organizations  during the 1960s, but relatively little about black political  organizations since that decade. Questions of focus, accountability,  structure, and relevance have surrounded these groups since the modern  Civil Rights Movement ended in 1968. Political scientists Ollie  A. Johnson III and Karin L. Stanford have assembled a group of  scholars who examine the leadership, membership, structure, goals,  ideology, activities, accountability, and impact of contemporary black  political organizations and their leaders. Questions considered are:  How have these organizations adapted to the changing sociopolitical  and economic environment? What ideological shifts, if any, have  occurred within each one? What issues are considered important to  black political groups and what strategies are used to implement their  agendas? The contributors also investigate how these organizations  have adapted to changes within the black community and American  society as a whole.    Organizations covered include well-known ones such as the NAACP, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Urban League, and the Congress of Racial Equality, as well as organizations such as the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Religious groups, including black churches and the Nation of Islam, are also considered.

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