The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice “A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president.”—Salon Michael Eric Dyson dives deep into the true meaning of Barack Obama’s historic presidency and its effects on the changing landscape of race and blackness in America. How has race shaped Obama’s identity, career, and presidency? What can we learn from his major race speeches about his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it pro…