| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The critical black studies series |
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Critical Black studies series.
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| Contents |
System values and African American leadership / Robert C. Smith -- The limits of Black pragmatism: the rise and fall of David Dinkins, 1989-1993 / Ryan Reft -- City politics and Black protest: the economic transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville / Derek S. Hyra -- Toward a pragmatic Black politics / Fredrick Harris -- On Black leadership, Black politics, and the US immigration debate / Mark Sawyer -- The political orientations of young African Americans / David A. Bositis -- The case for a neo-rainbow electoral strategy / Danny Glover and Bill Fletcher, Jr. -- The ethics of Colin Powell / Grant Farred -- First Lady in black: Michelle Obama and the crisis of race and gender / Gerald Horne and Malaika Horne-Wells -- The race problematic, the narrative of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the election of Barack Obama / Rickey Hill -- From Idol to Obama: what TV elections teach us about race, youth, and voting / Sherrilyn Ifill -- Race, postblack politics, and the democratic presidential candidacy of Barack Obama / Carly Fraser -- Sovereign kinship and the president-elect / Joy James -- You may not get there with me: Obama and the Black political establishment / Kareem Crayton -- Barack Obama and the Black electorate in Georgia: identifying the disenfranchised / Keesha M. Middlemass -- Barack Obama's candidacy and the collateral consequences of the politics of fear / Gregory S. Parks and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski -- The struggle continues: combating voting discrimination in the Obama era / Kristen Clarke |
| Summary |
Barack Obama and the African-American Empowerment examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders. The reader also examines the evolving ideals about the roles of government and the economy in addressing the historic disadvantages experienced by many African Americans. Here, some of the nation's most influential intellectuals bring together original scholarship to look at the future of national politics and American race relations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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| SUBJECT |
Obama, Barack fast |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Politics and government.
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African American leadership.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008
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HISTORY.
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African American leadership
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African Americans -- Politics and government
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Presidents -- Election
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Race relations -- Political aspects
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Politik
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marable, Manning, 1950-2011.
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Clarke, Kristen.
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| LC no. |
2009010423 |
| ISBN |
9780230103290 |
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0230103294 |
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1282742558 |
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9781282742550 |
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0230620507 |
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9780230620506 |
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