The burden of Jekyll and Hyde: Barack Obama, racial identity, and black political behavior

Whose Black Politics?: Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 133-154

  Frasure, Lorrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84909206648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203893722     Document Type: Chapter

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