African Americans and the Presidents

Politics and Policies from Washington to Trump

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av F. Erik Brooks, Glenn L. Starks, USA) Brooks, F. Erik (Central State University, USA) Starks, Glenn L. (Independent Scholar, F. Brooks, Glenn Starks

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The president is arguably the most recognized and powerful individual in the United States. This reference work explores the American presidency in relation to issues of race concerning the African American community.This work provides a contemporary and refreshing examination of the American presidency through the prism of race and race relations in America, revealing a long and complicated relationship between the U.S. presidency and the African American community. The book evaluates each of the forty-five American presidents' policies, cabinet appointments, and handling of race matters in the United States. Following an extensive timeline, chronological chapters take an incisive look at each American president's life and career as well as the policies enacted during his presidency that affected the African American community. The presidents' personal writings, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies frame their views on the issue of race and how they dealt with it before, during, and after their presidency.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-18
Mått178 x 254 x 22 mm
Vikt879 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781440862113
UtmärkelserWinner of LJ Best Reference of 2019 2020

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IntroductionSlavery EraGeorge WashingtonJohn AdamsThomas JeffersonJames Madison Jr.James MonroeJohn Quincy AdamsAndrew JacksonMaarten "Martin" Van BurenWilliam Henry Harrison Sr.Civil War EraJohn TylerJames Knox PolkZachary TaylorMillard FillmoreFranklin PierceJames Buchanan Jr.Abraham LincolnEmancipation EraAndrew JohnsonUlysses Simpson GrantPost–Reconstruction EraRutherford Birchard HayesJames Abram GarfieldChester Alan ArthurStephen Grover ClevelandBenjamin HarrisonWilliam McKinley Jr.Theodore Roosevelt Jr.William Howard TaftWoodrow WilsonWarren Gamaliel HardingCalvin CoolidgeHerbert Clark HooverFranklin Delano Roosevelt Sr.Civil Rights EraHarry S. TrumanDwight David "Ike" EisenhowerJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" KennedyLyndon Baines JohnsonPost–Civil Rights EraRichard Milhous NixonGerald Rudolph Ford Jr.James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr.Ronald Wilson ReaganGeorge Herbert Walker BushWilliam Jefferson ClintonGeorge Walker BushBarack Hussein Obama IIDonald John TrumpBibliographyIndex