The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress

by Jelani Cobb and William Jelani Cobb

Book Overview

A trenchant and timeless examination of the still-contested meanings of President Barack Obama's election, from a preeminent scholar of race, politics, and American history-with a new introduction by the author.

When voters in 2008 chose the United States' first black president, some Americans hailed the event as a sign that the nation had, at long last, transcended its bloody history of racial inequality. Obama's victory was indescribably...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163557742X
• ISBN13: 9781635577426
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"