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Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . a gracefully written, scrupulously balanced and quite satisfying account of what Obama meant for Black Americans.
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The New York Times Book ReviewA brilliant book.
—Dorothy V. Smith, M. Phil, PhD, Dillard University,
African & Asian Studies Journal of The NetherlandsA scholarly and well-written book that considers what the Obama presidency did for Black Americans. Professor Clegg describes very eloquently the glamour and hope of the Obama presidency while assessing the accomplishments and domestic failures beneath it.
—Vince Cable, former Liberal Democrat leader 2017—2019
Clegg is a compelling writer with an understated wit. His account is comprehensive and judicious.
—Daniel Geary, Trinity College Dublin,
The Irish TimesThe Black President: Hope and fury in the age of Obama by Claude A. Clegg III is an impressive attempt to gauge how well the former president performed in that impossible job.... This thoughtful, even-handed, highly useful book looks at the entire span of the forty-fourth US presidency.
—Clifford Thompson,
The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPreface
Part I. A Chronic Restlessness
1. Wanderers and Dreamers
2. Joshua Rising
3. The Pendulum Swings Forward
Part II. Hope and Change
4. Bamelot
5. President of the Entire United States
6. Dancing with the Caucus
7. Man on a Tightrope
8. Pitchforks, Daggers, and Carnival Barkers
9. Guess Who's Coming to Tea
10. Signifier in Chief
11. Renaissance Woman
12. The Blood of Africa
13. Demographics and Destinies
Part III. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
14. Bamelot 2.0
15. A Second Wind
16. "If I Had a Son"
17. The Measure of a President
18. The Pendulum Swings Back
Epilogue
