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Prejudential : black America and the Presidents / Margaret Kimberley.
Van Pelt Library E176.472.A34 K56 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kimberley, Margaret, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--Relations with African Americans--History.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--United States--Racial attitudes--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- African Americans--Government policy.
- Race relations.
- Presidents--America.
- Presidents--Racial attitudes.
- Presidents--Relations with African Americans.
- America.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon, New Hampshire : Truth to Power, an imprint of Steerforth Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "PREJUDENTIAL is a concise, authoritative exploration of America's relationship with race and black Americans through the lens of the presidents who have been elected to represent all of its people."-- Amazon.
- Contents:
- 1789-1825 The "Founding Fathers"
- 1 George Washington p. 7
- 2 John Adams p. 12
- 3 Thomas Jefferson p. 15
- 4 James Madison p. 20
- 5 James Monroe p. 23
- 1826-1861 Pre-Civil War
- 6 John Quincy Adams p. 29
- 7 Andrew Jackson p. 33
- 8 Martin Van Buren p. 37
- 9 William Henry Harrison p. 40
- 10 John Tyler p. 44
- 11 James K. Polk p. 47
- 12 Zachary Taylor p. 50
- 13 Millard Fillmore p. 54
- 14 Franklin Pierce p. 56
- 15 James Buchanan p. 58
- 1862-1901 Reconstruction
- 16 Abraham Lincoln p. 63
- 17 Andrew Johnson p. 68
- 18 Ulysses S. Grant p. 71
- 19 Rutherford B. Hayes p. 74
- 20 James A. Garfield p. 77
- 21 Chester A. Arthur p. 79
- 22 Grover Cleveland p. 81
- 23 Benjamin Harrison p. 84
- 24 Grover Cleveland p. 87
- 25 William McKinley p. 89
- 1802-4863 Early Twentieth Century
- 26 Theodore Roosevelt p. 95
- 27 William Howard Taft p. 100
- 28 Woodrow Wilson p. 103
- 29 Warren G. Harding p. 110
- 30 Calvin Coolidge p. 113
- 31 Herbert Hoover p. 116
- 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt p. 118
- 33 Harry S. Truman p. 123
- 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower p. 130
- 35 John F. Kennedy p. 134
- 1864-1889 Late Twentieth Century
- 36 Lyndon B. Johnson p. 141
- 37 Richard M. Nixon p. 145
- 38 Gerald R. Ford p. 149
- 39 Jimmy Carter p. 152
- 40 Ronald Reagan p. 155
- 1880-2018 Modern Day
- 41 George H. W Bush p. 161
- 42 Bill Clinton p. 165
- 43 George W. Bush p. 170
- 44 Barack Obama p. 174
- 45 Donald Trump p. 180.
- Notes:
- "This book is an effort to shed light on the truth. . . . To the extent that our leaders embody aspects of who we are as a people, studying how each president has participated in our nation's complicated and often shameful treatment of black people is as good a place as any to start."-- Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781586422486
- 1586422480
- OCLC:
- 1140214662
- Publisher Number:
- 99983651828
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