Family of freedom : presidents and African Americans in the White House / Kenneth T. Walsh.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Kenneth T.
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Presidents > Relations with African Americans.
Presidents > United States > Attitudes.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Government relations.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Staff > History.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The family of freedom and the arc of racial history
  • The slave-owning presidents
  • The emancipator
  • Opportunity lost
  • Jim Crow
  • Stirrings of change
  • A few shining moments
  • Camelot in Black and white
  • The breakthrough
  • Mixed results in a conservative era
  • Three southern presidents
  • The first Black president
  • Charisma and reality.