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The Breakthrough (Hardcover)

By: Gwen Ifill (Author)


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"Ifill...is an experienced reporter, not a partisan cheerleader. Her book is a serious but readable assessment, not a celebration....The best parts are profiles, not uncritical, of emerging black politicians: Congressman Artur Davis, planning to run for governor of Alabama next year, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick."

"[Ifill's] book is a must-read for anyone interested in better understanding the new wave of America's elected leaders and how they choose to govern."

Publisher's note

"In a survey of American politics, a veteran journalist assesses the impact of Barack Obama's history-making presidential campaign, especially on the political power of African Americans, and profiles rising African-American politicians, including Newark mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. 60,000 first printing."

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Published officially on the day that Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States, BREAKTHROUGH charts the new generation of leaders from the African American community who have gained high office across the land. Journalist Gwen Ifill examines how President Obama, Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama, Governor Derval Patrick of Massachusetts, and Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, among others--all beneficiaries of the Civil Rights struggle--forged their own new paths to power, and how sometimes that brought them into conflict with the previous generation of black leaders. Ifill interviews members of both the old and the new guard, and she analyzes the elections that brought these new leaders to power. She points to great changes, in people and in politics, and she sees a new future for both.



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