Cobb, Jelani,  1969-  <br/><br/>
The substance of hope :   Barack Obama and the paradox of progress / 
 Barack Obama and the paradox of progress 
William Jelani Cobb.  
 - Paperback edition 
 - New York, NY :  Bloomsbury Publishing,  2020 
 - xxi, 191 pages ;   22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index. 
<br/><br/>• Forty-four: the meaning of Barack Obama<br/>• Of Jeremiah Wright: the meaning of change on the south side of America<br/>• The Jesse problem: the black president and the president of black America<br/>• The black machine: the old guard and the age of Obama<br/>• The Joshua generation: the age divide and Obama<br/>• A tale of two cities: Nairobi, Denver, and the road to the White House<br/>• Mandates and metaphors: of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Obama<br/>• Where do we go from here? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781635577426  163557742X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Obama, Barack,   1961- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidentes--Elecciones --Estados Unidos--2008<br/>Afroamericanos --Política y gobierno --Siglo XX <br/>Afroamericanos --Condiciones sociales--Siglo XXI <br/>Afroamericanos --Identidad racial --Historia <br/>Cambio social --Historia --Estados Unidos 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1989-<br/>Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1980-2020 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 185.61  / C653s 2020