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Redefining Black power : reflections on the state of Black America / edited by Joanne Griffith.
Van Pelt Library E185.86 .R378 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Open Media book
- Open Media series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Griffith, Joanne.
- African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Politics and government--21st century.
- Obama, Barack.
- Race relations.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-.
- Politics and government.
- Griffith, Joanne--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- In this book, Pacifica radio-journalist Joanne Griffith travels the country to interview leading black intellectuals, educators, authors and organizers about the state of Black America. The book is arranged as a series of separate interviews. She talks with Vincent Harding about the deepening of democracy in America, with Julianne Malveaux about race and economic inequality, with Michelle Alexander about law in the age of Obama, with Ramona Africa about revolutionary struggle, with Linn Washington Jr. about the media's inability to earnestly analyze government, with Van Jones about green activism; and with Esther Armah about the emotional impact of the first Black First Family. This text is not indexed. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The movement for the expansion and deepening of democracy in America : a conversation of context with Dr. Vincent Harding
- What about the brother at the bottom of the well? : law in the age of Obama with Professor Michelle Alexander
- Dollars and sense? : race, recession and recovery : racial equality and economic parity with Dr. Julianne Malveaux
- Barack Obama, the new crack? : a story of revolution with Ramona Africa
- Probing the president : the media's paralysis of analysis? : race, the press and the White House with Linn Washington, Jr
- It matters what needs to be done : politics and green activism with Van Jones
- A quiet victory for emotional justice : the first family and the African American psyche with Esther Armah
- Going forward / Joanne Giffith.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202).
- ISBN:
- 9780872865464
- 0872865460
- OCLC:
- 709681188
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