My mother, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and the last stand of the angry white man : an autobiography of America

Powell, Kevin, 1966- author.

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"Written in the tradition of works by Joan Didion, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Eve Ensler, a provocative and soul-searching 'autobiography of America'--the past, the present, and the future Kevin Powell wants for us all, through the lens and lives of three major figures: his mother, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Ten short years ago, Barack Obama became president of the United States, and changed the course of history. Ten short years ago, ou...

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African Americans Social conditions 21st century

Powell, Kevin, 1966-

United States Race relations 21st century

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ISBN:

9781501198809

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition

Description:

xiii, 285 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

Allow me to re-introduce myself?
Letter to a young man
Will racism ever end? Will I ever stop being a ______?
The day our Prince died
A letter to Tupac Shakur
Why Baltimore is burning
Cam Newton, and the killing of a mockingbird
The liner notes for the a Tribe Called Quest greatest hits album that never happened
Jay-Z and the remaking of his manhood, or, the crumpled and forgotten freedom papers of Mr. Shawn Carter
Me and Muhammad Ali
Hamilton, O.J. Simpson, Orlando, gun violence, and what the 4th of July, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas and Baton Rouge police shootings mean to me
Prodigy and the America that raised him
Re-defining manhood : Harvey Weinstein and how his toxic manhood is our toxic manhood, too
My mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. and the last stand of the angry white man

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2590481

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