TY - BOOK AU - Cobb,Jelani TI - The substance of hope : : Barack Obama and the paradox of progress SN - 9781635577426 AV - 002 E 185.61 C653s 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Obama, Barack, KW - Presidentes KW - Estados Unidos KW - Elecciones KW - 2008 KW - Afroamericanos KW - Política y gobierno KW - Siglo XX KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Siglo XXI KW - Identidad racial KW - Historia KW - Cambio social KW - 1989- KW - 1980-2020 N1 - 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? N2 - 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 ER -