{"product_id":"fracture-barack-obama-the-clintons-and-the-racial-divide-9780062305268","title":"Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarack Obama's speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches should have represented the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial unity. Yet, in \u003cem\u003eFracture\u003c\/em\u003e, MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid shows that, despite the progress we have made, we are still a nation divided--as seen recently in headline-making tragedies such as police killings of Black citizens and uprisings across the country. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith President Obama's election, Americans expected an open dialogue about race but instead discovered the irony of an African American president who seemed hamstrung when addressing racial matters, leaving many of his supporters disillusioned and his political enemies sharpening their knives. To understand why that is so, Reid examines the complicated relationship between Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton, and how their varied approaches to the race issue parallel the challenges facing the Democratic party itself: the disparate parts of its base and the whirl of shifting allegiances among its power players--and how this shapes the party and its hopes of retaining the White House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFracture\u003c\/em\u003e traces the party's makeup and character regarding race from the civil rights days to the Obama presidency. Filled with key political players such as Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, and Al Sharpton, it provides historical context while addressing questions arising as we head into the next national election: Will Hillary Clinton's campaign represent an embrace of Obama's legacy or a repudiation of it? How is Hillary Clinton's stand on race both similar to and different from Obama's, or from her husband's? How do minorities view Mrs. Clinton, and will they line up in huge numbers to support her--and what will happen if they don't?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran reporter Joy-Ann Reid investigates these questions and more, offering breaking news, fresh insight, and experienced insider analysis, mixed with fascinating behind-the-scenes drama, to illuminate three of the most important figures in modern political history, and how race can affect the crucial 2016 election and the future of America itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReid, Joy-Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoy-Ann Reid is a political analyst for MSNBC and the host of \u003cem\u003eThe ReidOut\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eFracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide \u003c\/em\u003eand co-editor (with E. J. Dionne Jr.) of \u003cem\u003eWe Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama.\u003c\/em\u003e A graduate of Harvard University, she is the former managing editor of TheGrio.com, and her columns and articles have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald, \u003c\/em\u003e and Salon.com. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726047252754,"sku":"9780062305268","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bb93872-d974-40b0-ad90-c078a2662e75.jpg?v=1734852440","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fracture-barack-obama-the-clintons-and-the-racial-divide-9780062305268","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}