Title |
What's wrong with Obamamania? Black America, Black leadership, and the death of political imagination
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Names |
Jones, Ricky L.
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Book Number |
DB067079
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Pan-African studies professor chronicles black political leadership in America and questions whether 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama is committed to the "freedom agenda" of past African American activists who sought justice and equality. Criticizes hip-hop culture, wealthy ministers, and the co-optation and compromises of some civil rights figures. 2008.
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Narrator |
Pyle, Andy.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Black Interest - BLK
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African American concern - AFRAM
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Politics and Government - POL
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
African American leadership
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African Americans - Politics and government
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African Americans - Social conditions - 1975
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Political culture - United States
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Presidential candidates - United States
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Presidents - United States - Election - 2008
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Public opinion - United States
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United States - Race relations - Political aspects
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Call Number |
973.0496073 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008. 9780791475805
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