Reading African American Experiences
in the Obama Era:
Theory,
Advocacy,
Activism
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Introduction
I. Prophetic Words and New Narratives
Chapter 1 The (New?) “Rap on Race” Historicizing Calls for Racial Dialogue in the Early Years of Barack Obama’s Presidency,
Shawn Anthony Christian
Chapter 2 The Next Chapter of Our Story Rethinking African American Metanarratives in Schooling and Society,
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Chapter 3 Double Consciousness The Context and Consequences of Black Racial Identity in the Obama Era,
Kafi Damali Kumasi
II. 21st-Century Literacies and African American Youth
Chapter 4 Schools of Hope Teaching Literacy in the Obama Era,
Jane Bean-Folkes
Chapter 5 Where Do We Go from . . . Where? Identifying the Ideological Bases of Low-Income, Urban Black Adolescents’ Views on Racism,
Alfred W. DeFreece, Jr.
Chapter 6 Transformative Educational Spaces Black Youth and Education in the 21st Century,
Shanesha R. F. Brooks-Tatum
III. Pedagogical Approaches to Race, Culture, and Faith in Schools and Communities
Chapter 7 The Obama Effect Using a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy at a Historically African American University,
Karen Keaton Jackson
Chapter 8 The Evidence of Things Not Seen Faith and Persuasion in the Obama Era,
Zandra L. Jordan
IV. Artistic and Political Narratives of Black American Cultures
Chapter 9 Hip-Hop’s President The Genre, His Genius, Our Generation,
Jamal R. Burke
Chapter 10 “As If the Walls Could Speak” Imagining Postmemories of U.S. Slavery in the Age of Obama,
Kya Mangrum
V. Call and Response: Critical Cross-Generational Dialogues
Chapter 11 African Americans and the U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex,
Gregory L. Caldwell & Keisha L. Green
Chapter 12 Taking the Pulse of Our Communities The State of Black Public Health in the Obama Era,
Nutrena Watts Tate & Jonnie Perryman Hamilton
Chapter 13 Black Love as Activism Restoring Our Families and Communities,
Gloria B. Mills & Marcelle M. Haddix
Afterword Black Scholarship in the Interest of Black Folks,
Zeus Leonardo