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The substance of hope : Barack Obama and the paradox of progress
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Traces the ways in which black leadership and politics have evolved since the civil rights era, evaluating such topics as Barack Obama's achievements and paradigm shifts within the African-American...
Traces the ways in which black leadership and politics have evolved since the civil rights era, evaluating such topics as Barack Obama's achievements and paradigm shifts within the African-American electorate.
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- Creator
- William Jelani Cobb
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First U.S. edition
- New York : Walker & Co., [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 191 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780802717399, 080271739X
- OCLC
- ocn256529476
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index.
- The meaning of Barak Obama -- The meaning of change to the South Side of America -- The old guard and the age of Obama -- The age divide and Obama -- Nairobi, Denver, and the road to the White House -- Of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Obama -- Where do we go from here?
Subjects
- Obama, Barack.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Race identity.
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-