Barack Obama and Human Rights
The authors were: Herbert Daughtry (moderator), In My Lifetime: Towards the Presidency of Barack Obama (Africa World Press); Yohuru Williams, Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Black Panthers in New Haven (John Wiley & Sons); William Jelani Cobb, The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress (Bloomsbury); Peniel Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama (Basic Civitas); Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, The U.S. Constitution: An African-American Context (Law and Policy Group Press); Paul Butler, Let’s Get Free: A Hip Hop Theory of Justice (The New Press); Steve Clark (editor), Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power (Pathfinder).
"Is Racial Justice Passe? Barack Obama, American Society,
Authors discussed their books about the changes in views of citizenship, equality, and democracy in the era of Barack Obama’s election to pr… read more
Authors discussed their books about the changes in views of citizenship, equality, and democracy in the era of Barack Obama’s election to president. They responded to questions from members of the audience.
The authors were: Herbert Daughtry (moderator), In My Lifetime: Towards the Presidency of Barack Obama (Africa World Press); Yohuru Williams, Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Black Panthers in New Haven (John Wiley & Sons); William Jelani Cobb, The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress (Bloomsbury); Peniel Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama (Basic Civitas); Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, The U.S. Constitution: An African-American Context (Law and Policy Group Press); Paul Butler, Let’s Get Free: A Hip Hop Theory of Justice (The New Press); Steve Clark (editor), Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power (Pathfinder).
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People in this video
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Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Associate Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice->Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration
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Paul D. Butler Associate Dean George Washington University Law School->Research and Faculty Development
Books
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Dark Days, Bright Nights