“This e-book is an engaging research of race and sophistication within the age of President invoice Clinton. It offers much-needed readability concerning the delusion of the ‘First Black President.’ It contributes a lot to our figuring out of the heritage that informs our current moment!”

—Cornel West

As President Barack Obama was once sworn into workplace on January 20, 2009, the us used to be abuzz with speak of the 1st African American president. At this old second, one guy status at the inaugural platform, likely a relic of the prior, had really been referred to as by way of the moniker the “first black president” for years.

President William Jefferson Clinton had lengthy loved the help of African american citizens in the course of his political profession, however the guy from desire additionally had a fancy and tenuous courting with this faction of his political base. Clinton stood on the nexus of severe political battles among conservatives’ calls for for a go back to the prior and African americans’ calls for for swap and fuller equality. He additionally struggled with the category dynamics dividing the yankee citizens, particularly African americans. people with monetary skill seized newfound possibilities to visit collage, input the professions, pursue entrepreneurial pursuits, and have interaction in mainstream politics, whereas these with out monetary potential have been primarily left in the back of. the previous grew to become key to Clinton’s political luck as he skillfully negotiated the African American type constitution whereas even as holding the aid of white american citizens. the implications have been enormously confident for a few African americans. For others, the Clinton presidency was once devastating.

Brother Bill examines President Clinton’s political dating with African americans and illuminates the nuances of race and sophistication on the finish of the 20th century, an period of technological, political, and social upheaval.