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Nation of cowards black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America

Title
Nation of cowards [electronic resource] : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America / David Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley.
Author
Ikard, David, 1972-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Teasley, Martell L.
Description
1 online resource (x, 160 p.)
Series Statement
Blacks in the diaspora
Uniform Title
Nation of cowards (Online)
Alternative Title
Nation of cowards (Online)
Subject
  • Obama, Barack > Relations with African Americans
  • African Americans > Politics and government > 21st century
  • African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century
  • African Americans > Economic conditions > 21st century
  • Post-racialism > United States
  • Race awareness > United States
  • United States > Race relations > Political aspects
  • United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : is America a nation of cowards or has Attorney General Eric Holder lost his mind? -- The teaching moment that never was : Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, and the post-racial dilemma -- "I know what's in his heart" : enlightened exceptionalism and the problem with using Barack Obama as the racial litmus test for Black progress and achievement -- The audacity of Reverend Wright : speaking truth to power in the twenty-first century -- Setting the record straight : why Barack Obama and America cannot afford to ignore a Black agenda -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : Barack Obama, the Black poor, and the problems of racial common sense thinking.
LCCN
2012017797
OCLC
ssj0000701628
Author
Ikard, David, 1972-
Title
Nation of cowards [electronic resource] : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America / David Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Series
Blacks in the diaspora
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Teasley, Martell L.
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