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  • Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Administration

    Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Administration William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2016-06-07 352 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780062399793 Ebook ISBN: 9780062399816 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.09 in (d) D. L. Hughley From legendary comedian D.L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as…

  • Post-Racial or Most-Racial? Race and Politics in the Obama Era

    Post-Racial or Most-Racial? Race and Politics in the Obama Era University of Chicago Press April 2016 272 pages 3 halftones, 55 line drawings, 11 tables 6 x 9 Paper ISBN: 9780226353012 Cloth ISBN: 9780226352961 E-book ISBN: 9780226353159 Michael Tesler, Assistant Professor of Political Science University of California, Irvine When Barack Obama won the presidency, many…

  • Pete Souza: photographing the real Barack Obama

    Pete Souza: photographing the real Barack Obama The Guardian 2016-05-29 Jonathan Jones President Barack Obama fist-bumps custodian Lawrence Lipscomb in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Photograph: Pete Souza/The White House Over two historic terms, official White House photographer Pete Souza has chronicled the most intimate, candid and comical moments of Barack Obama’s presidency It was…

  • Obama signs measure striking ‘oriental’ and ‘negro’ from federal law

    Obama signs measure striking ‘oriental’ and ‘negro’ from federal law The Hill 2016-05-20 Jordan Fabian, White House Correspondent President Obama has signed legislation striking outdated racial terms such as “Oriental” and “Negro” from federal laws. Obama signed the bill without fanfare on Friday along with six other pieces of legislation, the White House said… Read…

  • How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics

    How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics The Washington Post 2016-05-13 Max Ehrenfreund American politics always has surprises, but things have been especially unpredictable since President Obama took office. First, few observers were prepared for the tea party movement, which ousted several veteran GOP lawmakers, replaced them…

  • Dreams of my father’s dreams of Obama

    Dreams of my father’s dreams of Obama Ventura County Star Camarillo, California 2008-11-02 Steven William Thrasher Fifty years ago, when my father, Bill Thrasher, (who was black) and my mother Margaret (who was white) decided to get married in Nebraska, it was illegal for them to do so there. They had to go to the…

  • Seven days, three speeches: one week in the life of having a black president

    Seven days, three speeches: one week in the life of having a black president The Guardian 2016-05-09 Steven W. Thrasher After seven years, Barack Obama is in his last months in the White House. When he leaves, nothing will be the same. For black people, nothing will be resolved Like so many people I have…

  • Remarks by the President at Howard University Commencement Ceremony

    Remarks by the President at Howard University Commencement Ceremony The White House Washington, D.C. 2016-05-07 Office of the Press Secretary Howard University Washington, D.C. 11:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Hello, Howard! (Applause.) H-U! AUDIENCE: You know! THE PRESIDENT: H-U! AUDIENCE: You know! THE PRESIDENT: (Laughter.) Thank you so much, everybody. Please, please, have…

  • Obama Gets All In His Blackness At Howard

    Obama Gets All In His Blackness At Howard Code Switch National Public Radio 2016-05-10 Leah Donnella “Be confident in your heritage. Be confident in your blackness,” President Barack Obama told graduates and their families at Howard University’s 2016 Commencement Ceremony. It was one of many moments in a speech that honored the achievements of black…

  • What Obama’s Trip To Havana Revealed About Race In Cuba And The U.S.

    What Obama’s Trip To Havana Revealed About Race In Cuba And The U.S. African American Intellectual History Society 2016-05-04 Devyn Spence Benson, Assistant Professor of History and African and African American Studies Louisiana State University During his groundbreaking visit to Havana last month, President Barack Obama suggested that the embrace of U.S.-style democracy and capitalism…