TASHA PHILPOT Associate Professor in the Department of Government at University of Texas at Austin, USA.   ISMAIL WHITE Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University, USA.

• Introduction: Defining African-American Political Psychology; T.S.Philpot  & I.K.White PART I: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH IN TWO DISCIPLINES A Meeting of the Minds: Exploring the Intersection of Psychology, Political Science, and Black Politics; T.S.Philpot, K.Endres  & J.Iadarola The Political Science Image of the Black Mind: Politics in the Psychology of African Americans; H.K.McClerking  & H.Walton, Jr. PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BLACK IDENTITY Beliefs in Black and White: How Race Influences Americans' Perceptions of Themselves, Their Racial Group, and their National Group; R.Eidelson  & M.Lyubansky Feeling Different: Racial Group-Based Emotional Response to Political Events; T.S.Philpot, I.K.White, K.Wylie  & E.B.McGowen When Race Matters and When It Doesn't: Racial Group Differences in Response to Racial Cues; I.K.White One of Our Own: Black Female Candidates and the Voters Who Support Them; T.S.Philpot  & H.Walton, Jr. Race, Identity, and Candidate Support: A Test of Implicit Preference; J.M.Sullivan PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BLACK POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR Religion through a Racial Lens: The Effect of Race on Religious Interpretation; E.L.McDaniel Some Like it Hot: Towards a Political Climate Explanation of Racial Differences in Political Interest; R.Block, Jr. Divide and Conquer: How Partisan Race Cues Polarize the Electorate; V.L.Hutchings  & N.A.Valentino African-American Activists' Perceptions of Racism and Empowerment; K.Foster, Sr. Depressing the Vote: The Environmental Determinants of Turnout in African-American Precincts in the 2000 Presidential Election; E.B.McGowen

" African-American Political Psychology is part of the new research agenda in Black politics, providing broader theoretical structure for the study of Black public opinion and introducing methodological innovations for a more complicated, post-civil rights racial world." - Katherine Tate, University of California, Irvine