TY - BOOK DB - /z-wcorg/ DP - http://worldcat.org ID - 229027472
LA - English T1 - The breakthrough : politics and race in the
age of Obama A1 - Ifill, Gwen., PB - Doubleday CY - New York Y1
- 2009/// SN - 9780385525015 038552501X AB - Veteran journalist
Ifill sheds new light on the impact of Barack Obama's
presidential victory and introduces the emerging African
American politicians forging a new path to political power.
Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during
the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation who are
the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She
offers detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark
Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and
U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama, as well as numerous up-
and-coming figures. Drawing on exclusive interviews with power
brokers such as President Obama, Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan,
the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Congressman Jesse Jackson
Jr., and many others, as well as her ow