The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three

The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America

2016 NAACP Image Award Nominee, Essence Top 10 books of 2015, African American Literary Show Inc. 2015 Best Non Fiction Award

In The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan gives readers a compelling and personal behind-the-scenes look at race relations in contemporary America from the epicenter of American power and policy makingâ€”the White House, her beat since 1997. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks, and through her "Fabric of America" news blog, she delivers her readership and listeners (millions of African Americans and close to 300 radio affiliates) a â€œunique urban and minority perspective in news.â€ Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her unique insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nationâ€™s last three presidents.

In Bill Clinton, Ryan saw both a savvy politician who did his best to stay above the racial fray in public, and a man privately pained from the wrongs done to African-Americans throughout our history, not unlike those with whom heâ€™d grown up in Arkansas. In George W. Bush, a man she respected as a faithful husband and father, an unprecedented amount of backlash against what was spun and perceived as racism in his policies â€“ particularly those surrounding his administrationâ€™s horrendous handling of Hurricane Katrina â€“ from which he never truly recovered, and by which he remained personally haunted for years. And in Barack Obama â€“ a President expected to transcend divisions and raise us above our racial squabbling simply by taking office â€“ a leader who, especially early in his administration, drew his own form of fire from those who noted his surprising absence from various racial issues that presented themselves on the national stage, but upon which he did not seem moved to comment, much less act.
With humor, grace, and determination, April shares the highs and lows of her sometimes lonely but rewarding battle to keep questions of race relations in America on the political front burner, and in the Presidentâ€™s ear. She has made this battle her lifeâ€™s work and will never stop fighting to give a voice to those members of our society who have too long been silenced.

Country	USA
Author	April Ryan
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781442238428
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
NumberOfPages	177
PublicationDate	2015-02-02
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ReleaseDate	2015-02-02
Studio	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America

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