Family of freedom
Subtitle: the presidents and Blacks in the White House from slavery to the Obama era
By: Kenneth T. Walsh
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781594518331; 9781594518348
Subjects: Politics and government; Government relations; Presidents; Racism; Relations with African Americans; Attitudes; History; African Americans; Biography; Staff
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The family of freedom and the arc of racial history; title: The slave-owning presidents; title: The emancipator; title: Opportunity lost; title: Jim Crow; title: Stirrings of change; title: A few shining moments; title: Camelot in Black and white; title: The breakthrough; title: Mixed results in a conservative era; title: Three southern presidents; title: The first Black president; title: Charisma and reality.