Nation of cowards : black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America /
Ikard, David,1972-
Teasley, Martell L.
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149) and index.
Introduction : is America a nation of cowards or has Attorney General Eric Holder lost his mind? -- The teaching moment that never was : Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, and the post-racial dilemma -- "I know what's in his heart" : enlightened exceptionalism and the problem with using Barack Obama as the racial litmus test for Black progress and achievement -- The audacity of Reverend Wright : speaking truth to power in the twenty-first century -- Setting the record straight : why Barack Obama and America cannot afford to ignore a Black agenda -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : Barack Obama, the Black poor, and the problems of racial common sense thinking.
Obama, Barack
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Post-racialism
Race awareness