Kenneth T Walsh

Family of Freedom

Presidents and African Americans in the White House

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charts the history of African Americans in the White House, from Abraham Lincoln's seamstress to black staff members under Regan to Barack Obama.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781594518331
• ISBN-10: 1594518335
• Artikelnr.: 32828847

Autorenporträt

Kenneth T. Walsh is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history and former president of the White House Correspondents' Association. He is an adjunct professorial lecturer of communication at American University in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Michael Hahn Chapter One:
The Family of Freedom and the Arc of Racial History Chapter Two: The
Slave-Owning Presidents Chapter Three: The Emancipator Chapter Four:
Opportunity Lost Chapter Five: Jim Crow Chapter Six: Stirrings of Change
Chapter Seven: A Few Shining Moments Chapter Eight: Camelot in Black and
White Chapter Nine: The Breakthrough Chapter Ten: Mixed Results in a
Conservative Era Chapter Eleven: Three Southern Presidents Chapter Twelve:
The First Black President Chapter Thirteen: Charisma and Reality Notes
Bibliography Index About the Author