Barack Obama and African-American Empowerment: The Rise of Black America's New Leadership (Critical Black Studies)
Description
This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders.
Keywords
OBAMA, BARACK, 1961-AFRICAN AMERICANS_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENTPRESIDENTS_UNITED STATES_ELECTION_2008UNITED STATES_RACE RELATIONSLEADERSHIP
2009Book
Author(s)Manning Marable, Leith Mullings
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230620506
LanguageEnglish
