Barack Obama and African American Empowerment : the rise of Black America's new leadership
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Barack Obama and African American Empowerment : the rise of Black America's new leadership
（The critical black studies series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Racializing Obama
- M.Marable Background to the New Black Politics System Values and African-American Leadership
- R.C.Smith The Limits of Black Pragmatism
- R.Reft City Politics and Black Protest
- D.S.Hyra Towards a Pragmatic Black Politics
- F.Harris On Black Leadership, Black Politics, and the U.S. Immigration Debate
- M.Sawyer The Political Orientations of Young African Americans
- D.A.Bositis The Case for a Neo-Rainbow Electoral Strategy
- D.Glover & B.Fletcher Jr. The Ethics of Colin Powell
- G.Farred The Meaning of Barack Obama First Lady in Black
- G.Horne & M.Horne The Race Problematic, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Narrative, and the Presidential
- R.Hill From Idol to Obama
- S.Ifill The 2008 Presidential Campaign and Beyond Race, Post-Black Politics, and the Obama Candidacy in the 2008
- C.Fraser Sovereign Kinship and the President-Elect
- J.James You May Not Get There With Me
- K.Crayton Barack Obama and the Black Electorate in Georgia
- K.M.Middlemass Obama's Candidacy and the Collateral Consequences of the 'Politics of Fear'
- G.S.Parks & J.J.Rachlinski Race-Ing The Right to Vote
- K.Clarke About the Authors About the Editors Index
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