01907cam a2200373 i 4500 15827403 EG-ScBUE 20240701135354.0 090721t2009 nyu f 000 0 eng d 9780061711336 BTCTA eng rda BTCTA BAKER YDXCP BNY OCLCQ SUC CDX IXA UUC UPZ VP@ EZU CQU EG-ScBUE SINLB DLC n-us--- 973.932 22 ASI Asim, Jabari, 1962- author. What Obama means : for our culture, our politics, our future / Jabari Asim. First edition. New York : William Morrow, [2009] c2009 xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm rdacontent text txt unmediated rdamedia n volume nc rdacarrier Prologue: Convergence -- What cool can do -- Love and baseball -- At the threshold -- Leading men -- Figures of speech -- Brothers from other planets -- Fired up -- The tattered veil -- The new Black, the new America. Asim, author of the acclaimed "The N Word," provides the context needed to understand what the Obama presidency means to Americans of all backgrounds, showing how African American performers, athletes, rhetoricians, and leaders laid the groundwork for Obama and how Obama turned the old civil-rights model of African American leadership on its head. Obama, Barack Public opinion. BUEsh Presidents United States. BUEsh Leadership United States. BUEsh Inspiration 21st century. BUEsh BUSBOL April2018 Reading book Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0914/2009284818-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0914/2009284818-d.html ddc BB 26592 26564 0 0 ddc 0 0 Alahram MAIN MAIN 2ND 2018-04-24 Purchase 0 973.932 ASI 000047669 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2018-04-24 BB