Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era: Theory, Advocacy, Activism- With a foreword by Marc Lamont Hill and an afterword by Zeus Leonar (Paperback)

Contents: Marc Lamont Hill: Foreword. Oppositional Intellectual Work in the Obama Era ? Shanesha R. F. Brooks-Tatum/Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: Introduction. Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era ? Shawn Anthony Christian: The (New?) ≪Rap on Race≫. Historicizing Calls for Racial Dialogue in the Early Years of Barack Obama’s Presidency ? Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: The Next Chapter of Our Story. Rethinking African American Metanarratives in Schooling and Society ? Kafi Damali Kumasi: Double Consciousness. The Context and Consequences of Black Racial Identity in the Obama Era ? Jane Bean-Folkes: Schools of Hope. Teaching Literacy in the Obama Era ? Alfred W. DeFreece, Jr.: Where Do We Go from … Where? Identifying the Ideological Bases of Low-Income, Urban Black Adolescents’ Views on Racism ? Shanesha R. F. Brooks-Tatum: Transformative Educational Spaces. Black Youth and Education in the 21st Century ? Karen Keaton Jackson: The Obama Effect. Using a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy at a Historically African American University ? Zandra L. Jordan: The Evidence of Things Not Seen. Faith and Persuasion in the Obama Era ? Jamal R. Burke: Hip-Hop’s President. The Genre, His Genius, Our Generation ? Kya Mangrum: ≪As If the Walls Could Speak≫. Imagining Postmemories of U.S. Slavery in the Age of Obama ? Gregory L. Caldwell/Keisha L. Green: African Americans and the U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex ? Nutrena Watts Tate/Jonnie Perryman Hamilton: Taking the Pulse of Our Communities. The State of Black Public Health in the Obama Era ? Gloria B. Mills/Marcelle M. Haddix: Black Love as Activism. Restoring Our Families and Communities.