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Barack Obama and African American Empowerment : The Rise of Black America's New Leadership / edited by M. Marable.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical Black Studies, 2945-7424
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Political sociology.
- Race.
- Political science.
- Elections.
- African Americans.
- Culture.
- European Politics.
- Political Sociology.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Political Science.
- Electoral Politics.
- African American Culture.
- Local Subjects:
- European Politics.
- Political Sociology.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Political Science.
- Electoral Politics.
- African American Culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612742552
- 9781282742550
- 1282742558
- 9780230103290
- 0230103294
- OCLC:
- 608023888
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