Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-264) and index.
Contents
Reimagining the Black Power movement -- Malcolm X, Harlem, and American democracy -- Stokely Carmichael and America in the 1960s -- "A place where all things are possible" : Barack Obama and dreams of democracy.
Summary
Offers a narrative chronicle of race in the United States and the successes, failures, and stalemates of African American leaders in the past fifty years.