Overview

""This is our moment. This is our time,"" Barack Obama declared in his victory speech the night he was elected president. Such a moment is an opportunity to explore who we are, where we've been, and what the emergence of a leader like Obama can tell us about our culture, our politics, and our future. Jabari Asim provides the context needed to understand what the Obama presidency means to Americans of all backgrounds and shows that Obama's election is evidence of the progress that has been made in healing wounds and broadening America's concept of leadership and inspiration.

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""Both entertaining and insightful....[Asim] makes a compelling case for optimism about Obama's presidency and the coming changes in U.S. race relations."" - Washington Post Book World ""Asim's book is scholarly. But don't be intimidated. It should be on the required reading list."" - Chicago Sun-Times ""Recommended . . . Jabari Asim trains his astute eye on the political, cultural, and economic events that played a major role in Barack Obama's rise."" - Essence

Author Information

Jabari Asim is the author of the critically acclaimed The N Word. He is editor-in-chief of The Crisis--the magazine of the NAACP--and former editor at and frequent contributor to the Washington Post, and his writing has appeared on Salon and in Essence, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He divides his time between Maryland and Illinois with his wife and five children.

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