Bill Clinton and Black America

While white Americans were evenly divided about Bill Clinton’s impeachment ninety percent of African-Americans opposed it. Now from a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists comes a groundbreaking new book that explores the deep and unique connection between the former president and the black community–in the words of journalists, celebrities, academics, and other thoughtful Americans. Going well beyond mere TV punditry, luminaries such as Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Bill Gray, Kweisi Mfume, and Alice Randall, as well as ordinary citizens, offer insight into why African-Americans for the first time saw themselves in the soul of a president–Whether it was the large African-American presence in his administration, his perceived legal persecutions, his personal style, or his lasting yet tumultuous marriage–and why that kinship has sweeping cultural implications. Bill Clinton’s actions, associations, and essence are all analyzed in light of their effect on and appeal to this crucial constituency. Much-awaited and long overdue, Bill Clinton and Black America features fascinating, provocative interpretations of the special relationship between the black people and this extraordinary man who, when his presidency ended, moved his office from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue–White America’s most famous address–to Harlem’s 125th Street–the heart of Black America.

History

Wickham, DeWayne

Africa

One World/Ballantine

While white Americans were evenly divided about Bill Clinton’s impeachment ninety percent of African-Americans opposed it. Now from a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists comes a groundbreaking new book that explores the deep and unique connection between the former president and the black community–in the words of journalists, celebrities, academics, and other thoughtful Americans. Going well beyond mere TV punditry, luminaries such as Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Bill Gray, Kweisi Mfume, and Alice Randall, as well as ordinary citizens, offer insight into why African-Americans for the first time saw themselves in the soul of a president–Whether it was the large African-American presence in his administration, his perceived legal persecutions, his personal style, or his lasting yet tumultuous marriage–and why that kinship has sweeping cultural implications. Bill Clinton’s actions, associations, and essence are all analyzed in light of their effect on and appeal to this crucial constituency. Much-awaited and long overdue, Bill Clinton and Black America features fascinating, provocative interpretations of the special relationship between the black people and this extraordinary man who, when his presidency ended, moved his office from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue–White America’s most famous address–to Harlem’s 125th Street–the heart of Black America. From the Hardcover edition.

Americas

Portraying a young man's struggle to deal with the violent deaths of his parents and growing up black in the 1960s, a memoir reveals how he found his place among black caddies at an all-white, Jewish country club

Woodholme: A Black Man's Story of Growing Up Alone

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

"PG-rated autobiography of a young man's coming-of-age in a black Baltimore ghetto. Journalist Wickham (USA Today, Gannett News Service) was orphaned in 1954 at the age of eight when his father shot his wife to death before turning the gun on himself … Woodholme constitutes a good argument for the effectiveness of the black community's ``extended family,'' in which neighbors and teachers assume the role of absent parents. " - Kirkus Reviews

Woodholme: Growing up Alone

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

In haunting, introspective essays, several writers explore black America's internal racial conflicts--Lisa Baird ponders how her light complexion and straight hair affect her sense of identity as a black woman, DeWayne Wickham writes on color discrimination within the black community, and Dwight Lewis issues a plaintive call to the black father. Photos. National ads/media.

Thinking Black

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Random House Value Publishing

In haunting, introspective essays, several writers explore black America's internal racial conflicts--Lisa Baird ponders how her light complexion and straight hair affect her sense of identity as a black woman, DeWayne Wickham writes on color discrimination within the black community, and Dwight Lewis issues a plaintive call to the black father. Photos. National ads/media.

Thinking Black: Some of the Nation's Best Black Columnists Speak Their Minds

Crown

The Black journalist offers his commentaries on such issues as Howard Beach, apartheid, poverty, and the image of Blacks in American society

Fire at Will

USA Today Books

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Bill Clinton and Black America

Bill Clinton and Black America

Woodholme: A Black Man's Story of Growing Up Alone

Woodholme: Growing up Alone

Thinking Black

Thinking Black: Some of the Nation's Best Black Columnists Speak Their Minds

Fire at Will