Ikard, David, 1972-

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.


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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-


Electronic books.

E185.86 / .I39 2012eb

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