OAR Book Talk Series: Gail Garfield's "Tightrope"

Authors

Office for the Advancement of Research, CUNY John Jay College
Gail Garfield, CUNY John Jay College
Gloria Browne-Marshall, CUNY John Jay College
Barbara Katz Rothman, CUNY John Jay College
Lynn Roberts, CUNY Hunter College

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

Spring 3-4-2015

Abstract

Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama explores race and politics in the United States, addressing racial inequalities and injustices that have led to a point in history where, seemingly improbably, Americans have elected (and re-elected) a black man as president. We, as a nation, have taken precarious steps to arrive at the age of Obama, while remaining steeped in contradictions. Our steps on this racial tightrope are a work in progress—a history in the making—that will largely influence who we are and who we hope to become as Americans.

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