Nation of cowards black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America / [electronic resource] :
David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.
- x, 160 p.
- Blacks in the diaspora .
- Blacks in the diaspora. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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-