Barack Obama and African American Empowerment: The Rise of Black America's New Leadership (Critical Black Studies)

by M. Marable (Editor), Kristen Clarke (Series Editor)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $80.97

  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.