Yes we did! : from King's dream to Obama's promise / Cynthia G. Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Cynthia Griggs, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American leadership.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States.

Civil rights movements.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Barack Obama's presidential victory demonstrated unprecedented racial progress on a national level. Not since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s has the United States seen such remarkable advances. During Obama's historic campaign, however, prominent African Americans voiced concern about his candidacy, demonstrating a divided agenda among black political leaders. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. changed perceptions about the nature of African American leadership. In Yes We Did?, Cynthia Fleming examines the expansion of black leadership from grassroots to the national are

Contents:

Yes we can

Black leadership in historical perspective

After King, where do we go from here?

The media and the message

From protest to inclusion

The continuing challenge of Black economic underdevelopment

Black culture then and now

Black community and Black identity

A crisis of victory.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.

ISBN:

9786613233592

9780813139319

0813139317

9781283233590

1283233592

9780813173542

081317354X

OCLC:

502429951