{"product_id":"9781608191499","title":"The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's 'A More Perfect Union'","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Senator Barack Obama delivered his celebrated speech, \"A More Perfect Union,\" on March 18, 2008, \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYork\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Maureen Dowd noted that only Barack Obama \"could alchemize a nuanced 40-minute speech on race into must-see YouTube viewing for 20-year-olds.\" Pundits established the speech's historical eminence with comparisons to Abraham Lincoln's \"A House Divided\" and Martin Luther King Jr's \"I Have a Dream.\" The future president had addressed one of the biggest issues facing his campaign-and our country-with an eloquence and honesty rarely before heard on a national stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Speech\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a distinguished lineup of writers and thinkers-among them Adam Mansbach, Alice Randall, Connie Schultz, and William Julius Wilson -in a multifaceted exploration of Obama's address. Their original essays examine every aspect of the speech-literary, political, social, and cultural\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eand are punctuated by \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist Derrick Z. Jackson's reportage on the issue of race in the now historic 2008 campaign.  \u003ci\u003eThe Speech\u003c\/i\u003e memorializes and gives full due to a speech that propelled Obama toward the White House, and prompted a nation to evaluate our imperfect but hopeful union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133970923760,"sku":"9781608191499","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608191499_p0.jpg?v=1763831728","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608191499","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}