"Yes we can" or "yes we did"?: Prospective and retrospective change in the obama presidency

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 462-483

  Ford, Pearl K ^a   Johnson, Tekla A ^b   Maxwell, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Postracial society; Race neutral politics; Viral technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749119252     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934709352081     Document Type: Article

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