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This book considers the American dream from the perspective of three of its most successful African American advocates - Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama - examining their self-perception in relation to that dream and the effects of their achievements on societal perceptions of the American dream and Blacks themselves.

This book considers the American dream from the perspective of three of its most successful African American advocates - Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama - examining their self-perception in relation to that dream and the effects of their achievements on societal perceptions of the American dream and Blacks themselves.

Perspectives on the Obama campaign and early administration

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Restores the forgotten legacy of a leader for peace

With African Americans largely absent from the debate over post-Cold War foreign policy, this book gives voice to ways in which our foreign policy has fallen short of multicultural democratic ideals and suggests corrective measures. Covering such global issues as drug and arms control, trade, democracy-building and education, and such country specific situations as Haiti, Liberia, South Africa, and the Caribbean, from both academic and practit...

With African Americans largely absent from the debate over post-Cold War foreign policy, this book gives voice to ways in which our foreign policy has fallen short of multicultural democratic ideals and suggests corrective measures. Covering such global issues as drug and arms control, trade, democracy-building and education, and such country specific situations as Haiti, Liberia, South Africa, and the Caribbean, from both academic and practit...

Charles P. Henry is the H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Chair of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations. Robert L. Allen is an adjunct professor of African American studies and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History. Robert Chrisman is the editor-in-chief and publ...

Activist, International statesman, reluctant black leader, scholar, and Icon, Ralph Bunche played a key role in international relations from the 1940s through the 1960s. Charles Henry's biography is both the recovered story of a prominent American, and a case study in the racial politics of public service.

Exploring why America has failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery, this book provides a history of the racial reparations movement and shows why it is an idea whose time has come.

This is an original, interesting, and informative work, well worthreading." -- Journal of American History "In afascinating book replete with dozens of examples, Henry examines folktales, proverbs, songs, and sermons to illustrate how cultural values... have beenincorporated by black leaders and institutions to create a unique style of blackpolitical behavior." -- Choice

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