Reading African American Experiences in the Obama ERA by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas; Shanesha R. F. Brooks-TatumISBN: 143311125X
Publication Date: 2012-02-15
Excerpt:
While there has been an outpouring of scholarship surrounding the Obama campaign and presidency, this is the first scholarly text that is interdisciplinary, cross-generational, and responsive to a broad range of issues among a new generation....This anthology captures the complexities, contradictions, and paradoxes associated with this being both the best of times and the worst of times in many ways for African American families and communities. The essays are cogent, illuminating, hard-hitting, and inspirational... --Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Founding Director of the Women s Research and Resource Center and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women s Studies, Spelman College