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- Title
Barack Obama in the Public Imagination.
- Authors
Wellington, Darryl Lorenzo
- Abstract
In this article the author discusses public perception of Barack Obama, the U.S. Democratic Party candidate in the 2008 election and the first African American to win the nomination of a major political party. The author states that Obama's candidacy appears to have transcended race as an issue in American politics. Several topics are examined including the voting habits of African American members of the electorate, press coverage of the Obama campaign and the controversy engendered by Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; AFRICAN American presidential candidates; DEMOCRATIC Party (U.S.); UNITED States presidential election, 2008; WRIGHT, Jeremiah A., Jr., 1941-; NOMINATIONS for public office; EMPLOYEES
- Publication
Dissent (0012-3846), 2008, Vol 55, Issue 4, p27
- ISSN
0012-3846
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/dss.2008.0060