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Biography & Autobiography Presidents & Heads Of State

Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media

The Return of the Nigger Breakers

by (author) Ishmael Reed

Publisher
Baraka Books
Initial publish date
Jul 2010
Category
Presidents & Heads of State, African American Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780981240572
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926824208
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $15.99

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Angry and hilarious, this collection of satirical essays about Barack Obama confronts the racial tensions that have dogged the president during his campaign and first year in office. Some of the pieces include "Ma and Pa Clinton Flog Uppity Black Man," "Crazy Rev. Wright," and "Obama Scolds Black Fathers, Gets Bounce in Polls." Previously unpublished material also addresses the controversies around Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Tiger Woods.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Ishmael Reed is an important American poet, novelist, playwright, and song writer who has taught at Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and the University of California?Berkeley. He is author of Japanese by Spring, The Terrible Twos, and Writin' Is Fightin': Thirty-seven Years of Boxing on Paper. He lives in Oakland, California.