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Category: Barack Obama
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Obama and the Oscars: Lights, Camera, Nationalism! A Symposium About The “Obama Effect” On Film Culture DePaul University Richardson Library Rosati Room 300 2350 North Kenmore Avenue Chicago, Illinois Friday, 2014-02-28, 16:00-19:00 CST (Local Time) Moderated by: Daniel McNeil, Ida B. Wells-Barnett Professor of African and Black Diaspora Studies DePaul University Speakers: George Elliott Clarke,…
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Race as freedom: how Cedric Dover and Barack Obama became black Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 2 pages 222-240 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.715661 Nico Slate, Associate Professor of History Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Born across racial lines, Cedric Dover and Barack Obama both came to identify with the African American community. By contrasting the lives…
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In meetings with young black men, Obama tries to leave a mark The Washington Post 2014-02-09 Zachary A. Goldfarb, Staff Writer CHICAGO – Kerron Turner sat with more than a dozen other teenagers in a classroom at Hyde Park Academy High School on this city’s troubled South Side, nervously settling in for an unusual meeting…
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Is ruling in the genes? All presidents bar one are directly descended from a medieval English king The Daily Mail London, England, United Kingdom 2012-08-04 Snejana Farberov What do Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush and the other past U.S. presidents have in common? Besides holding the coveted title of commander-in-chief, it appears that…
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The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century Routledge 2013-11-29 344 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-1-84872-625-3 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-84872-626-0 Edited by: Dinesh Sharma, Senior Fellow Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research St. Francis College, New York Uwe P. Gielen, Founder and Executive Director Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology St. Francis College, New York…
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“There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President,” Obama said. “Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because…
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“But this is amazing, the first black president. I know you’re biracial, but the first black president. I mean you’re proud to be able to say that, the first black president, that’s unless you screw up. And then it’s going to be what’s up with the half white guy. Who voted for the mulatto, what…
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Barack Hussein Obama, or, The Name of the Father The Scholar & Feminist Online Barnard Center for Research on Women Barnard College, New York, New York Issue 7.2 (Spring 2009) Tavia Nyong’o, Associate Professor of Performance Studies New York University To name, to give names that it will on occasion be forbidden to pronounce, such…
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Going the Distance: On and off the road with Barack Obama. The New Yorker 2014-01-27 David Remnick, Editor Obama’s Presidency is on the clock. Hard as it has been to pass legislation, the coming year is a marker, the final interval before the fight for succession becomes politically all-consuming. On the Sunday afternoon before Thanksgiving,…
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10 Most Amazingly Bizarre Paintings of Obama on Etsy Houston Press Houston, Texas 2013-05-09 Jef With One F As Houston Press’ bizarre Etsy art expert, I thought I’d see how a nation of crafty lunatics would portray our commander-in-chief. The answer is somewhere between “awesomely” and “needs medication badly.” Mike and Mollie took the title…