The Black president: hope and fury in the age of Obama

Preface

Part I: A Chronic Restlessness: 1. Wanderers and dreamers

2. Joshua rising

3. The pendulum swings forward

Part II: Hope and Change: 4. Bamelot

5. President of the Entire United States

6. Dancing with the caucus

7. Man on a tightrope

8. Pitchforks, daggers, and carnival barkers

9. Guess who's coming to tea

10. Signifier in chief

11. Renaissance woman

12. The blood of Africa

13. Demographics and destinies

Part III: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: 14. Bamelot 2.0

15. A second wind

16. If I had a son

17. The measure of a president

18. The pendulum swings back

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected bibliography

Photo credits

Index