The Black President
Author | : Claude A. Clegg III |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 697 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781421441887 |
ISBN-13 | : 1421441888 |
Rating | : 4/5 (888 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Black President written by Claude A. Clegg III and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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-áa-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"--