TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ifill,Gwen
TI  - The breakthrough: politics and race in the age of Obama
SN  - 038552501X
AV  - E185.615 
U1  - 973.932092 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, NY [u.a.]
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - 2008
KW  - Influence
KW  - African American politicians
KW  - History
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-264) and index. - Breaking through -- The generational divide -- Barack Obama -- The race/gender clash -- Artur Davis -- Legacy politics -- Cory Booker -- The politics of identity -- Deval Patrick -- The next wave; Breaking through -- The generational divide -- Barack Obama -- The race/gender clash -- Artur Davis -- Legacy politics -- Cory Booker -- The politics of identity -- Deval Patrick -- The next wave
N2  - Veteran journalist Ifill sheds new light on the impact of Barack Obama's presidential victory and introduces the emerging African American politicians forging a new path to political power. Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She offers detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama, as well as numerous up-and-coming figures. Drawing on exclusive interviews with power brokers such as President Obama, Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., and many others, as well as her own observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict, the race/gender clash, and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in history.--From publisher description
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