Tag: Jeremiah Wright

  • The Obama Paradox Slate 2017-01-09 Jamelle Bouie, Chief Political Correspondent Our first black president has an unyielding faith in the goodness of America. It got him elected. And it will cost him his legacy. The myth of Barack Obama usually begins with his speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and for good reason—it was…

  • Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama’s Post-Racial America Indiana University Press 2012-08-14 176 pages 6 x 9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00628-8 David H. Ikard, Associate Professor of English Florida State University Martell Lee Teasley, Professor of Social Work University of Texas, San Antonio In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title,…

  • The Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and Race in America University of Virginia Press October 2009 160 pages 5 1/2x 81/4 Cloth ISBN: 0-8139-2886-9 Clarence E. Walker, Professor of History University of California, Davis Gregory D. Smithers, Visiting Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University Barack Obama’s inauguration as the first African American president of…