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Barack Obama and African American empowerment : the rise of Black America's new leadership

Author: Manning Marable; Kristen Clarke
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series: Critical Black studies series.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Barack Obama and the African-American Empowerment 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. The reader also examines the evolving ideals about  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Barack Obama and African American empowerment.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
(DLC) 2009010423
(OCoLC)317288272
Named Person: Barack Obama; Barack Obama
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Manning Marable; Kristen Clarke
ISBN: 9780230103290 0230103294 1282742558 9781282742550 0230620507 9780230620506
OCLC Number: 608023888
Description: 1 online resource (vi, 269 pages) : illustrations
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.
Series Title: Critical Black studies series.
Responsibility: edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke.
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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  Read more...

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