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This book 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 Am...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Critical black studies |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230103290 |
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This book 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. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 280 p. |
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9780230620506 9780230103290 : 0230103294 : |
| CLC: | D771.22 |
| Contents: | Racializing Obama - Manning Marable * Background to the New Black Politics * System Values and African-American Leadership - Robert C. Smith * The Limits of Black Pragmatism - Ryan Reft * City Politics and Black Protest - Derek S. Hyra * Towards a Pragmatic Black Politics - Frederick Harris * On Black Leadership, Black Politics, and the U.S. 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 * The Meaning of Barack Obama * First Lady in Black - Gerald Horne and Malaika Horne * The Race Problematic, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Narrative, and the Presidential - Rickey Hill * From Idol to Obama - Sherrilyn Ifill * The 2008 Presidential Campaign and Beyond * Race, Post-Black Politics, and the Obama Candidacy in the 2008 - Carly Fraser * Sovereign Kinship and the President-Elect - Joy James * You May Not Get There With Me - Kareem Crayton * Barack Obama and the Black Electorate in Georgia - Keesha M. Middlemass * Obama's Candidacy and the Collateral Consequences of the "Politics of Fear" - Gregory S. Parks and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski * Race-Ing The Right to Vote - Kristen Clarke * About the Authors * About the Editors * Index. |