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  • “Yes We Can” Barack Obama’s Proverbial Rhetoric

    “Yes We Can” Barack Obama’s Proverbial Rhetoric Peter Lang Publishing 2009 352 pages Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4331-0668-2 Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4331-0667 Wolfgang Mieder, Professor of German and Folklore University of Vermont As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable…

  • Obama’s Delicate Balance on Issue of Race and Policing

    Obama’s Delicate Balance on Issue of Race and Policing The New York Times 2017-07-08 Mark Landler, White House Correspondent Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent WARSAW — As Air Force One headed for Europe on Thursday afternoon, President Obama holed up in the plane’s office editing a Facebook post meant to express his anguish at…

  • #BlackLivesMatter

    #BlackLivesMatter The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Spring 2015 Reverend Charles Williams II, Senior Pastor King Solomon Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan Demonstrator protesting the police killing of teenager Michael Brown, Ferguson, Aug. 18, 2014. Charlie Riedel/Associated Press. Conservative backlash against Barack Obama and continuing police brutality against blacks indicates the country’s legacy of slavery has…

  • The Best “Worst President”: What the Right Gets Wrong About Barack Obama

    The Best “Worst President”: What the Right Gets Wrong About Barack Obama Dey Street Books (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2016-06-28 336 pages Trimsize: 5.75 in (w) x 8.25 in (h) x 1.274 in (d) Hardcover ISBN: 9780062443052 E-book ISBN: 9780062443090 Mark Hannah Illustrated by Bob Staake Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and…

  • Colorblind

    Colorblind Salon 2007-01-22 Debra J. Dickerson Barack Obama would be the great black hope in the next presidential race — if he were actually black. I am confident that I have held out longer than any other pundit to weigh in on both the phenomenon that is Barack Obama and the question of whether race…

  • What black America won’t miss about Obama

    What black America won’t miss about Obama Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-07-01 John Blake (CNN) President Barack Obama was delivering a speech before a joint session of Congress when a white lawmaker jabbed his right index finger at Obama and called him a liar. The heckling came during his September 2009 address on health care.…

  • Barack Obama, the President of Black America?

    Barack Obama, the President of Black America? The New York Times 2016-06-24 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. What the haters and the hagiographers get wrong. It was a crucial speech, high-stakes even for a man used to giving important speeches: The first black president of the United States had to…

  • Words of Obama’s Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son

    Words of Obama’s Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son The New York Times 2016-06-18 Rachel L. Swarns Family portraits, including one of President Barack Obama’s father, center, hang in his family’s house in Kogelo, western Kenya, in 2008. Credit Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Letters written long ago by Barack Obama Sr. shed new…

  • Inside The Five-Day Stretch When Obama Found His Voice On Race

    Inside The Five-Day Stretch When Obama Found His Voice On Race FiveThirtyEight 2016-05-26 The number of Americans “greatly worried” about race relations hit an all-time low, 13 percent, the year after President Obama took office. Last month, Gallup recorded the opposite, an all-time high of 35 percent. As Obama prepares to leave office, the conversation…

  • “Slow Jam the News” with President Obama

    “Slow Jam the News” with President Obama The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon NBC 2016-09-06 Jimmy Fallon and President Obama slow jam the news, discussing Obama’s legacy, accomplishments and thoughts on the 2016 election.