Larry J. Walker is a researcher and political strategist. He is a former Congressional Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and served as Legislative Director for Congressman Major R. Owens.F. Erik Brooks is professor and chair of the African American Studies Department at Western Illinois University, USA.Ramon B. Goings is assistant professor of educational leadership at Loyola University of Maryland-Baltimore, USA.

• PrefacePart One Race, Party Affiliation, and the New MajorityChapter 1 The Body Politic: How Underrepresented Groups Can Gain Political PowerChristopher M. WhittChapter 2 The Right to Vote, 50 Years Later: Do We Still Need the 1965 VRA?Blanche M. Radford-CurryChapter 3 The Latino Vote: Growth, Influence, and How Obama Changed the GameAndrew Martinez and Paola EsmieuChapter 4 African Americans, Voting, and the Republican PartyDonna L. TaylorChapter 5 Barack Obama and the Youth VoteGlenn L. StarksChapter 6 New Definitions of Progressivism in the Age of ObamaLinda D. TomlinsonChapter 7 You Can't Call That Mentoring: The Fallacy of Mentoring in Obama's My Brother's KeeperTorie Weiston-Serdan and Arash DaneshzadehChapter 8 The Great Divider: Obama's Influence on Trust in Government and Racial AttitudesClarissa Peterson and Emmitt Y. Riley IIIPart Two Coalition Building, Social Media, and Political MessagingChapter 9 Body Cameras and Policing: From Ferguson to BaltimoreMaCherie M. PlacideChapter 10 President Obama: Code-Meshing and the Power of Speech in Racial PoliticsCassandra Chaney and Kyomi GregoryChapter 11 The Duplicitous Commodification of the Obama Presidency: Interrogating Barack Obama's Sociopolitical Assent and Relevance through a Conscious Hip-Hop PedagogyAhmad R. Washington, Belema Idoniboye, and Marta N. Mack-WashingtonChapter 12 Black Women as Agents of Social Change during the Obama PresidencyMelissa BrownChapter 13 The Black President and the Black Body: The Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, and Violence in AmericaDavid O. Fakunle, Calvin J. Smiley, and Marisela B. GomezChapter 14 HBCUs and Activism in the Post-Obama EraFelecia Commodore and Robert T. PalmerChapter 15 Standardized Testing, Teacher Accountability, and the School Choice DebateNicole McZeal-WaltersChapter 16 Use of Deadly Force: Policing and Accountability during the Obama AdministrationKimberly J. Rice, Keith Boeckelman, and Casey LaFranceIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors