The Black president : hope and fury in the age of Obama /

With lively prose and sensitivity to context, this book offers a sweeping, authoritative history of the Obama presidency, focusing particularly on its impact and meaning vis-à-vis African Americans. This interpretative account captures the America that made Obama's White House years possible, w...

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Main Author:	Clegg, Claude Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Obama, Barack. Obama, Barack > Public opinion. Obama, Barack > Relations with African Americans. African Americans > Politics and government. African Americans > Attitudes. United States > Race relations > Political aspects. United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017. United States > Public opinion.

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Summary:	With lively prose and sensitivity to context, this book offers a sweeping, authoritative history of the Obama presidency, focusing particularly on its impact and meaning vis-à-vis African Americans. This interpretative account captures the America that made Obama's White House years possible, while at the same time rendering the America that resolutely resisted the idea of a Black chief executive, thus making conceivable the ascent of his most unlikely of successors.
Physical Description:	xvi, 656 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781421441887 1421441888