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" Barack Obama and African American empowerment : "
edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke
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BL
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654042
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Barack Obama and African American empowerment : : the rise of Black America's new leadership /\ edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009
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The critical black studies series
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vi, 269 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780230620506
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: 0230620507
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: 9780230620520
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: 0230620523
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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This title examines the evolution of African American 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
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Obama, Barack.
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African Americans-- Politics and government.
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African American leadership.
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Presidents-- United States-- Election-- 2008.
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United States, Race relations, Political aspects.
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973.932092
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E185.615.B2855 2009
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E185.615.B2855 2009
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Marable, Manning,1950-2011.
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Clarke, Kristen
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