The substance of hope : Barack Obama and the paradox of progress / William Jelani Cobb.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xxi, 191 pages ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781635577426
- 163557742X
- Barack Obama and the paradox of progress
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- Presidentes -- Estados Unidos -- Elecciones -- 2008
- Afroamericanos -- Política y gobierno -- Siglo XX
- Afroamericanos -- Condiciones sociales -- Siglo XXI
- Afroamericanos -- Identidad racial -- Historia
- Cambio social -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Estados Unidos -- Política y gobierno -- 1989-
- Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1980-2020
- 002 E 185.61 C653s 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index.
• Forty-four: the meaning of Barack Obama
• Of Jeremiah Wright: the meaning of change on the south side of America
• The Jesse problem: the black president and the president of black America
• The black machine: the old guard and the age of Obama
• The Joshua generation: the age divide and Obama
• A tale of two cities: Nairobi, Denver, and the road to the White House
• Mandates and metaphors: of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Obama
• Where do we go from here?
The author traces the changes in black leadership and politics 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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