Barack is the new black: Obama and the Promise/Threat of the Post–Civil Rights Era

Du Bois Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-48

  Ford, Richard Thompson ^a  

^a STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Black Underclass; Civil Rights; Postracial; Racial Divisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950750730     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X09090146     Document Type: Article

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