The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of ProgressFor acclaimed historian William Jelani Cobb, the historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency is not the most remarkable development of the 2008 election; even more so is the fact that Obama won some 90 percent of the black vote in the primaries across America despite the fact that the established black leadership since the civil rights era men like Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, Andrew Young, who paved the way for his candidacy all openly supported Hillary Clinton. Clearly a sea change has occurred among black voters, ironically pushing the architects of the civil rights movement toward the periphery at the moment when their political dreams were most fully realized. |
Contents
Fortyfour | 1 |
Of Jeremiah Wright | 16 |
The Jesse Problem | 36 |
The Black Machine | 63 |
The Joshua Generation | 95 |
A Tale of Two Cities | 116 |
Mandates and Metaphors | 139 |
Where Do We Go from Here? | 155 |
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The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress William Jelani Cobb Limited preview - 2010 |
The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress Jelani Cobb No preview available - 2020 |