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Title: Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era

Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era

Theory, Advocacy, Activism- With a foreword by Marc Lamont Hill and an afterword by Zeus Leonardo

by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (Volume editor) Shanesha R.F. Brooks-Tatum (Volume editor)
©2012 Textbook XV, 276 Pages
English Studies
Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking, Volume 8

Summary

What does it mean to be Black in the Obama era? In Reading African American Experiences in the Obama Era, young African American scholars and researchers and experienced community activists demonstrate how to encourage dialogue across curricula, disciplines, and communities with emphases on education, new media, and popular culture. Considering what this historic moment means for Black life, letters, and learning, this accessible yet scholarly volume encourages movement toward thoughtful analysis today.

Details

Pages
XV, 276
Year
2012
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433111280
ISBN (Softcover)
9781433111259
Language
English
Keywords
hip hop advocacy Barack Obama Black civil rights movement colorblind education generation hip-hop literacy post-9/11 postrace prison-industrial complex Reagan Era theory activism civil rights era postracial African American
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XVI, 276 pp., num. ill.

Biographical notes

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (Volume editor) Shanesha R.F. Brooks-Tatum (Volume editor)

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is assistant professor of reading, language, and literature in the division of Teacher Education at Wayne State University. She has published her work in English Journal, The ALAN Review, and Sankofa: A Journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature, as well as the books A Narrative Compass: Stories That Guide Women’s Lives and The Pressures of Teaching. She is an alumna of Florida A&M University, Wayne State University, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Shanesha R. F. Brooks-Tatum is postdoctoral research and instruction fellow at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. She has published works on Christian hip-hop, spoken-word poetry, and Black popular culture, and is an alumna of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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