Party crashing : how the hip-hop generation declared political independence / Keli Goff.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goff, Keli, 1979-
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
African Americans > Politics and government.
Political parties > United States.
Physical Description:ix, 294 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Hip-hop meets the Huxtables : the politics of the post-civil rights generation
  • What's in a name? the independent voter revolution
  • Shadow of the "first Black president" : how the Democratic party lost Bill, his sax, and its soul
  • The rise of generation Obama : how Obama voters are reshaping American politics
  • The search for America's White leader : do we still need "black leaders"?
  • The politics of the pulpit : does God endorse candidates and do young Black voters care?
  • The great Cosby debate : the class divide in Black America
  • Can the party of Lincoln become the party of 50 Cent? young Black voters and the GOP.