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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama and the Limitations of Liberal Criticism

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama and the Limitations of Liberal Criticism

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2017-06-07

Jared A. Ball, Host and Professor of Communication Studies
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland

Authors Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs and Paul Street discuss their reviews of David Garrow‘s Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. We also discussed the liberal limitations of Garrow’s criticism and the omission of Left critiques by “alternative” and “Left” media outlets.

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