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Author:
Hendon, Rickey, 1953-
Title:
Black enough/White enough : the Obama dilemma / by Rickey Hendon ; foreword by Hermene D. Hartman.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Third World Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xxiv, 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Obama, Barack
Obama, Barack--Political and social views.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Election--2008.
Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century.
African American legislators--United States--Biography.
African American legislators--Illinois--Biography.
Racially mixed people--Race identity--United States.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Hendon, Rickey,--1953-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The beginning of Barack Obama -- Lightning in a bottle -- Iowa : America's wakeup call -- New Hampshire : tears on her pillow -- Is he Black enough? An African American agenda -- Is he White enough? A personal confrontation -- VWB (Voting While Black) : Obama's State Senate voting record -- Mississippi : a winning Southern strategy -- Gain the world and lose your soul -- The speech of a lifetime -- The Mexican standoff : why are Latinos voting for Hillary and not Obama? -- Super delegates/super dilemma -- Real change or chump change? -- Dream ticket or nightmare? -- The art of war -- The Comeback kid, again! -- The power of change -- Photos -- A Bonanza parallel -- Indiana, here I come -- The Sunday funnies -- Good news, bad news -- Bushwhacked! -- The end game -- The pulpit becomes political -- The countdown -- The politics of age -- The race baiting picks up -- Stupid is as stupid does -- Moving to the middle : the flapjack effect -- An exceptional Joe; an excellent choice -- Barack's historic acceptance at the Democratic National Convention -- Economic disaster trumps the Palin play -- That one! -- Tanking economy fuels Obama's momentum -- Posted up! -- Off with his head! -- The debate over "Joe the plumber" -- The power of Powell -- 24 hours to history -- President Barack Obama.
ISBN:
0883783096 (pbk.)
9780883783092 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)272305860
LCCN:
2008048659
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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