false <![CDATA[The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"]]> 5940150 1 <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><P>After Senator Barack Obama delivered his celebrated speech, “A More Perfect Union,” on March 18, 2008, <I>New</I> <I>York</I> <I>Times</I> columnist Maureen Dowd noted that only Barack Obama “could alchemize a nuanced 40-minute speech on race into must-see YouTube viewing for 20-year-olds.” Pundits established the speech’s historical eminence with comparisons to Abraham Lincoln’s “A House Divided” and Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream.” The future president had addressed one of the biggest issues facing his campaign—and our country—with an eloquence and honesty rarely before heard on a national stage. </P><P><I>The Speech</I> brings together a distinguished lineup of writers and thinkers—among them Adam Mansbach, Alice Randall, Connie Schultz, and William Julius Wilson —in a multifaceted exploration of Obama’s address. Their original essays examine every aspect of the speech—literary, political, social, and cultural<I>—</I>and are punctuated by <I>Boston Globe </I>columnist Derrick Z. Jackson’s reportage on the issue of race in the now historic 2008 campaign.  <I>The Speech</I> memorializes and gives full due to a speech that propelled Obama toward the White House, and prompted a nation to evaluate our imperfect but hopeful union.</P></DIV> 6112617 15 8 2009 The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" total:8|5:2|4:3|3:3|2:0|1:0| 8 31 21 7 5940150 1596916672 9781596916678 8 7 The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5940150.The_Speech_Race_and_Barack_Obama_s_A_More_Perfect_Union_ 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:05:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:32:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5940150 1596916672 9781596916678 8 7 The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5940150.The_Speech_Race_and_Barack_Obama_s_A_More_Perfect_Union_ 3 0 false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:45:52 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:31:02 -0700 2009 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