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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Dyson, Michael Eric.     Subjects     Obama, Barack -- Influence.     Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.     Race -- Political aspects -- United States.     Blacks -- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.     Presidents -- United States -- Influence.     United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dyson, Michael Eric.       by title:      The Black presidency...       by call number:      305.800973 D998b     Search the Web     Dyson, Michael Eric.     Obama, Barack -- Influence.     Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.     Race -- Political aspects -- United States.     Blacks -- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.     Presidents -- United States -- Influence.     United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-       MARC Display

The Black presidency : Barack Obama and the politics of race in America / Michael Eric Dyson. by Dyson, Michael Eric. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2016. Call #: 305.800973 D998b Subjects Obama, Barack -- Influence.   Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.   Race -- Political aspects -- United States.   Blacks -- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.   Presidents -- United States -- Influence.   United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century.   United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- ISBN:  9780544387669 (hc.) 054438766X (hc.) 9780544811805 (pbk.) 0544811801 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Barack Obama and the politics of race in America Description:  xvi, 346 p. ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-333) and index. Contents:  The burden of representation -- How to be a Black president : "I can't sound like Martin" -- "Invisible man got the whole world watching" : race, bi-race, post-race in the Obama presidency -- Black presidency, Black rhetoric : Pharaoh and Moses speak -- Re-founding father : patriotism, citizenship, and Obama's America -- The scold of Black folk : the bully pulpit and Black responsibility -- Dying to speak of race : policing Black America -- Going Bulworth : Black truth and white terror in the age of Obama -- Amazing grace : Obama's African American theology -- President Obama's speeches and statements on race. Summary:  "A provocative exploration of the politics of race and the Obama presidency. Barack Obama's presidency unfolded against the national traumas of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott. The nation's first African American president was careful to give few major race speeches, yet he faced criticism from all sides, including from African Americans. How has Obama's race affected his presidency and the nation's identity? Michael Dyson explores whether Obama's use of his own biracialism as a symbol has been driven by the president's desire to avoid a painful moral reckoning on race. And he sheds light on identity issues within the black power structure, telling how Obama has spurned traditional black power brokers, significantly reducing their leverage. Perhaps most movingly, Dyson illuminates the transformative moments, especially in his second term, when Obama has publicly embraced his blackness and used it as a powerful lens onto America, black and white. Interviews with President Obama, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, and Andrew Young add depth to this tour of the nation's first black presidency"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.800973 D998b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.800973 D998b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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