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  • Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama?

    Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama? The Associated Press 2012-10-13 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack…

  • Don’t Be Too Black, Mr. President: The Racial Effect of President Obama’s Performance in the 2012 Presidential Debates

    Don’t Be Too Black, Mr. President: The Racial Effect of President Obama’s Performance in the 2012 Presidential Debates Darron Smith 2012-10-05 Darron T. Smith, Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas What does it mean to be Black in America? Many Americans caught a glimpse of it on national television during the first…

  • Barack X

    Barack X The New Yorker 2012-10-08 Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute of African American Studies University of Connecticut 1. It’s mid-March in Harlem and the streets are an improvised urban bazaar. Young men hawk umbrellas, vintage vinyl, and knit caps. The aromas of curry and fried plantains waft out…

  • The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America?

    The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America? Oxford University Press January 2011 336 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 Hardback ISBN13: 9780199735204; ISBN10: 0199735204 Edited by Gregory Parks, Assistant Professor of Law Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina Matthew Hughey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut The United States has taken a long and winding…

  • Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity

    Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity Potomac Books July 2012 270 pages 6″ x 9″; Notes; Bibliography; Index Clothbound ISBN: 978-1-61234-472-0 Ian Reifowitz, Associate Professor of History Empire State College of the State University of New York What it means to be an American today Our national identity is defined by what…

  • Still a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama’s America

    Still a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama’s America Princeton University Press 2011 320 pages 6 x 9; 5 halftones; 36 tables Cloth ISBN: 9780691142630 eBook ISBN: 9781400839766 Desmond S. King, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government University of Oxford Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science University of…

  • A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama

    A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama Harvard University Press May 2010 192 pages 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches no illustrations Hardcover ISBN: 9780674050969 Robert B. Stepto, Professor of English, African American Studies, and American Studies Yale University In this series of interlocking essays, which had their start as lectures inspired…

  • David Domke & Christopher Parker: Obama, the Tea Party, and Racism

    David Domke & Christopher Parker: Obama, the Tea Party, and Racism Town Hall Seattle Great Hall; enter on Eight Avenue 2012-09-24, 19:30-21:00 PDT (Local Time) David Domke, Chair of the University of Washington Department of Communications and a winner of the school’s Distinguished Teaching Award, believes President Barack Obama has been subjected to historically unprecedented…

  • Prestigious grant award for research on President Obama

    Prestigious grant award for research on President Obama Edge Hill University Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom News 2010-06-04 Edge Hill University and key partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to develop a research network on The Presidency of Barack Obama. The Arts and Humanities Research Council has given an award of £31,320 to the institution…

  • For minorities in France, Obama still casts a spell

    For minorities in France, Obama still casts a spell France 24: International News 2012-08-09 Jon Frosch Though his reputation among blacks and Arabs in France is showing ever-so-slight signs of wear and tear, US President Barack Obama remains a powerful symbol for French citizens of colour. France24.com takes a closer look. When Barack Obama was…