1. Just in case folks didn't notice, that paper is attached to a full website with several papers dealing with Black Populism in the Southern United States:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/4275/
2. While browsing the site, I found this interesting tidbit regarding the author at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/4275/biography.html:
"While pursing his academic career, Ali has been active in New York's third largest electoral party, the Independence Party -- the state affiliate of the National Reform Party. He serves as chair of the Manhattan Independence Party Education Committee and is a member of the National Education Committee of the Reform Party, where he assists Dr. Lenora Fulani, chair of the Reform Party's Education Committee."
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