The Last of the Black Emperors: The Hollow Comeback of Marion Barry in a New Age of Black Leaders
Jonetta Rose Barras
(Author)
Description
"The 1990 FBI videotape of Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry smoking crack transfixed television viewers nationwide. Shouting now-notorious obscenities at the woman who helped agents trap him, Barry was publicly disgraced, his personal and political life apparently wrecked. But in 1994, following his release from federal prison, Barry was elected once more to serve as mayor of the nation's capital.How did Barry pull off his political resurrection? Why are African-Americans so enamored of him? And why, despite his return to power, has Barry's story so dramatically lost promise?In The Last of the Black Emperors, author Jonetta Rose Barras explains the many paradoxes of Marion Barry's career, and documents the growth of his racial and political identities parallel with those of his largely black constituency."
Product Details
Price
$24.00
$22.32
Publisher
Bancroft Press
Publish Date
June 01, 1998
Pages
332
Dimensions
6.3 X 1.22 X 9.29 inches | 1.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780963124661
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