The President and Racial Threat: Ronald Reagan and the Political Mobilization of the Black Community

• In Event: Historicising race and racism to understand today's America

Brief Overview

We use panel data from the 1984 to 1988 National Black Panel Study (NBES) to examine the impact of racialized existential threat on voter turnout and protest activity.

Authors

• Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington

• Christopher Towler, Sacramento State University

• Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University