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  • Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

    Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul Crown 2016-01-12 288 Pages 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 Hardcover ISBN: 9780804137416 Ebook ISBN: 9780804137423 Eddie S. Glaude Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies Princeton University A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society…

  • America Is Not Post-Racial: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and the 44th President

    This book is the first in-depth examination of the 25 million Americans with the most intense hatred of President Obama—arguably the most Republican-friendly of recent Democratic presidents—and what the mindsets of these “Obama Haters” teach us about race and ethnicity in America today.

  • Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama

    Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama Praeger August 2014 253 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3055-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3056-3 Martin A. Parlett This groundbreaking political exposé scrutinizes the motivations behind the unparalleled attacks on President Barack Obama that attempt to undermine his eligibility to lead the country. The ascendancy of the first…

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, (Is This) The Next President of the United States(?)

    Can the freshman senator from Illinois stick to his ideals and still become the first man to rock Air Force Ones on Air Force One? We’re entering the most hotly contested election of our lifetime. It s time to decide. Is Barack Obama our man?

  • The Complicated History of Nikki Haley

    The Complicated History of Nikki Haley The New Yorker 2016-01-13 Jelani Cobb, Staff Writer; Professor of History University of Connecticut Like President Obama, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley—who delivered last night’s Republican response to the State of the Union—has harnessed the rhetoric and symbolism of racial progress. Credit Photograph Courtesy C-SPAN Set aside the feuding…

  • Obama: A Nation Divided

    Obama: A Nation Divided Medium 2016-01-14 Delonte Harrod I was at grad school during the time President Obama campaigned for and eventually was elected to the highest office in this country. I remember listening to people talk about the potential of him becoming president. Some of my white friends complained, and were genuinely confused, about…

  • The Other Obama Legacy

    The Other Obama Legacy The New York Times 2016-01-14 Charles M. Blow On Tuesday, I spoke to a room full of beaming high school and middle school boys — about 150, a vast majority of whom were black — at the St. Petersburg College Allstate Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. The talk was sponsored by…

  • Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy

    This book critically examines Obama’s presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

  • President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union

    Barack Obama’s “improbable quest” has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward “a more perfect union,” Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama’s political career…

  • Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond

    “Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams” is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and…