Description: Barack Obama, in his campaign speech discussing race in America today, quoted William Faulkner: "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." Now an award-winning historian examines the paradox of race in America and how the president intends to deal with it.
Review Quotes: "Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award, The University of Memphis, Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change"