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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Harris, Fredrick C.     Subjects     Obama, Barack -- Relations with Blacks.     Blacks -- Politics and government -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Politics and government -- 21st century.     Political activists, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Politicians, Black -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harris, Fredrick C.       by title:      The price of the tic...       by call number:      323.1196 H314p     Search the Web     Harris, Fredrick C.     Obama, Barack -- Relations with Blacks.     Blacks -- Politics and government -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Politics and government -- 21st century.     Political activists, Black -- History -- 20th century.     Politicians, Black -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-       MARC Display

The price of the ticket : Barack Obama and the rise and decline of Black politics / Fredrick C. Harris. by Harris, Fredrick C. Oxford University Press, c2012. Call #: 323.1196 H314p Subjects Obama, Barack -- Relations with Blacks.   Blacks -- Politics and government -- 20th century.   Blacks -- Politics and government -- 21st century.   Political activists, Black -- History -- 20th century.   Politicians, Black -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- Series Transgressing boundaries. ISBN:  9780199739677 (hardback : alk. paper) 0199739676 (hardback : alk. paper) Description:  xviii, 210 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-204) and index. Contents:  Clash of ideas -- Chicago: the political capital of Black America -- Entering the land of milk and honey -- Respectability as public philosophy -- Wink, nod, vote -- The price of the ticket. Summary:  The historical significance of Barack Obama's triumph in the presidential election of 2008 scarcely requires comment. Yet it contains an irony: he won a victory as an African American only by denying that he was the candidate of African Americans. Obama's very success, writes Fredrick Harris, exacted a heavy cost on black politics. In The Price of the Ticket, Harris puts Obama's career in the context of decades of black activism, showing how his election undermined the very movement that made it possible. The path to his presidency began just before passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, when black leaders began to discuss strategies to make the most of their new access to the ballot. Some argued that black voters should organize into a cohesive, independent bloc; others urged a more race-neutral approach, working together with other racial minorities as well as like-minded whites. This has been the fundamental divide within black politics ever since. At first, the gap did not seem serious. But the post-civil-rights era has accelerated a shift towards race-neutral politics. Obama made a point of distancing himself from older race-conscious black leaders, such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson--even though, as Harris shows, he owes much to Jackson's earlier campaigns for the White House. Unquestionably Obama's approach won support among whites, but Harris finds the results troublesome. The social problems targeted by an earlier generation of black politicians--racial disparities in income and education, stratospheric incarceration and unemployment rates, rampant HIV in black communities--all persist, yet Obama's election, ironically, marginalized them. Meanwhile, the civil-rights movement's militancy is fading from memory. The Price of the Ticket will reshape our understanding of the rise of Barack Obama and the decline of a politics dedicated to challenging racial inequality head on. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196 H314p Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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