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Also by Kenneth T. Walsh:

Prisoners Of The White House, June 2013
Hardcover
Family Of Freedom, January 2011
Hardcover
From Mount Vernon to Crawford, May 2005
Hardcover
Air Force One, May 2004
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Family Of Freedom
Kenneth T. Walsh

Presidents and African Americans in the White House

Paradigm Publishers
January 2011
On Sale: January 1, 2011
266 pages
ISBN: 1594518335
EAN: 9781594518331
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

This book examines the intertwined relationships between the presidents and the African Americans who have been an integral part of the White House since the beginning of the Republic. The book discusses the racial attitudes and policies of the presidents and shows how African Americans helped to shape those attitudes and policies over the years. The analysis starts with the early presidents who had slaves and tells the compelling stories of their interactions, with an emphasis on how these slaves dealt with bondage in the supposed citadel of American freedom and independence. The book moves through the era of Abraham Lincoln, whose views on emancipation were greatly influenced by the African Americans around him, especially by White House seamstress Elizabeth Keckley and valet William Slade. The book covers the Jim Crow era and proceeds through the political and cultural breakthroughs on civil rights accomplished by Lyndon Johnson in partnership with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The book ends with an insightful analysis of the rise, election, and administration of Barack Obama, the first African American president, including an exclusive interview with Obama.

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