Stars and shadows : the politics of interracial friendship from Jefferson to Obama

Author/Creator:

Ambar, Saladin M., author

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

Stars and shadows : the politics of interracial friendship from Jefferson to Obama / Saladin Ambar .

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Banneker, Benjamin,1731-1806
Jefferson, Thomas,1743-1826
Douglass, Frederick,1818-1895
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865
Du Bois, W. E. B.(William Edward Burghardt),1868-1963
James, William,1842-1910
Bethune, Mary McLeod,1875-1955
Roosevelt, Eleanor,1884-1962
Ellison, Ralph
Jackson, Shirley,1916-1965
Hyman, Stanley Edgar,1919-1970
Baldwin, James,1924-1987
Brando, Marlon
Fitzgerald, Ella
Monroe, Marilyn,1926-1962
King, Martin Luther,Jr.,1929-1968
Heschel, Abraham Joshua,1907-1972
Davis, Angela Y.(Angela Yvonne),1944-
Steinem, Gloria
Obama, Barack
Interracial friendship--United States--History
Presidents' spouses--United States
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Description/Summary

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"The oppression of Blacks is America's original sin -- a sin that took root in 1619 and plagues the country to this day. Yet there have been instances of interracial bonding and friendship even in the worst of times. In Stars and Shadows -- a term taken from Huckleberry Finn -- Saladin Ambar analyzes two centuries of noteworthy interracial friendships that served as windows into the state of race relations in the US and, more often than not, as models for advancing the cause of racial equality."--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxii, 250 pages ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937577074402486

ISBN:

9780197621998
0197621996

OCLC Number:

1322214108

Barcode:

010003517661