The Black presidency : Barack Obama and the politics of race in America / Michael Eric Dyson.

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Michael Eric Dyson delivers a provocative exploration of the politics of race and the Obama presidency. Barack Obama's presidency unfolded against the national traumas of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott. The nation's first African American president was careful to give...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dyson, Michael Eric (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Subjects:	United States > Race relations > Political aspects. Race > Political aspects > United States. Racism > Political aspects > United States. Obama, Barack > Influence. African Americans > Politics and government > 21st century. United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017. Obama, Barack. African Americans > Politics and government. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Politics and government. Race > Political aspects. Race relations > Political aspects. Racism > Political aspects. United States. Since 2000
Physical Description:	xvi, 346 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

The burden of representation
How to be a Black president : "I can't sound like Martin"
"Invisible man got the whole world watching" : race, bi-race, post-race in the Obama presidency
Black presidency, Black rhetoric : Pharaoh and Moses speak
Re-founding father : patriotism, citizenship, and Obama's America
The scold of Black folk : the bully pulpit and Black responsibility
Dying to speak of race : policing Black America
Going Bulworth : Black truth and white terror in the age of Obama
Amazing grace : Obama's African American theology
President Obama's speeches and statements on race.