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Girl, 14, heads to D.C. by High Point Enterprise.;
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Subjects: Welch, Abbey.; Welch, Joyce.; Rice, Condoleezza.; High Point (N.C.) Christian Academy.; Presidential Inaugural Conference (Washington, D.C.).; Presidential inauguration (2012).;
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Local Obama supporters to attend, watch inauguration. by High Point Enterprise.;
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Subjects: Obama, Barack.; Haizlip, Jackie.; Scott, Garland.; Sloan, Myra.; Foster, Carlvena.; Carl Chavis YMCA (High Point, N.C.); Jackie's Place (High Point, N.C.); Presidential inauguration (2012).;
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The persistence of the color line : racial politics and the Obama presidency / by Kennedy, Randall,1954-(CARDINAL)211437;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303) and index."Timely--as the 2012 presidential election nears--and controversial for its bracing iconoclasm, The Persistence of the Color Line is the first book by a major African-American public intellectual on racial politics and the Obama presidency. Renowned for his cool reason vis--̉vis the pitfalls and clichš of racial discourse, Randall Kennedy--former clerk to late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Harvard professor of law, and author of the New York Times bestseller Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Kennedy--gives us shrewd and keen essays on the complex relationship between "the first black president" and his African-American constituency. The Persistence of the Colorline tackles hot-button issues: the nature of racial opposition to Obama; whether Obama has any special responsibility to African-Americans; the increasing irrelevance of traditional racial politics and the consequences thereof; electoral politics and cultural chauvinism; black patriotism and its antithesis (essentialism and rebellion); differences between Obama's presentation of himself to blacks and whites and the challenges posed by the dream of a post-racial society; the far from simple symbolism of Obama as leader of the Joshua generation in a country that has elected only three black senators and two black governors. As the National Law Journal puts it: "Randall Kennedy is doing the smartest work in the area of race." Here, in The Persistence of the Color Line, Kennedy--eschewing the critical excesses of both the left and the right--offers a gimlet eyed view of Obama's triumphs and travails, his strengths and weaknesses, as they pertain to the troubled history of race in America"--
Subjects: Obama, Barack.; African Americans; Presidents; Racism; Race awareness; Racism.;
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The bitter end : the 2020 presidential campaign and the challenge to American democracy / by Sides, John,author.(CARDINAL)801960; Tausanovitch, Chris,1985-author.; Vavreck, Lynn,1968-author.(CARDINAL)790293;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What are the priorities that drove voter behavior going into the 2020 election? What are the issues that most divide us, and how do these divisions manifest among different groups? How did Donald Trump speak to these issues in his presidency and reelection campaign? These are the kinds of questions that John Sides, Chris Tausanovitch, and Lynn Vavreck will explore in their new book. In the spirit of Sides and Vavreck's book The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Sides, Tesler, and Vavreck's Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America, the authors will emphasize the unique and historic features of the 2020 presidential race, as well as the important fundamentals that underlie all presidential elections, while presenting current political science research for a general audience. Drawing their data from a new initiative called The Nationscape Project, composed of 500,000 interviews conducted throughout the year and before the 2021 inauguration, the book promises to be a data-driven analysis of what really mattered in the 2020 campaign. The book's driving argument and ultimate message will be determined by the data, but their current plan is to devote chapters to the big ideas that are driving voters to the polls and determining support for various candidates, how these ideas align with party orientation, and how beliefs differ across various subgroups, determined by age, education, race, gender, and region. Laced throughout these findings will be narration of the unfolding election, supported by the authors' firsthand reporting, observations, and interviews with voters. Notably, the authors seek to explain the conditions that, despite the challenges and problems of the Trump presidency, nearly handed Trump a second term as President"--
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Presidents; Political campaigns; Political participation;
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The bitter end : the 2020 presidential campaign and the challenge to American democracy / by Sides, John,Author(DLC)n 2011062613; Tausanovitch, Chris,1985-Author(DLC)no2021108892; Vavreck, Lynn,1968-Author(DLC)n 00110563 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-370) and index."What are the priorities that drove voter behavior going into the 2020 election? What are the issues that most divide us, and how do these divisions manifest among different groups? How did Donald Trump speak to these issues in his presidency and reelection campaign? These are the kinds of questions that John Sides, Chris Tausanovitch, and Lynn Vavreck will explore in their new book. In the spirit of Sides and Vavreck's book The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Sides, Tesler, and Vavreck's Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America, the authors will emphasize the unique and historic features of the 2020 presidential race, as well as the important fundamentals that underlie all presidential elections, while presenting current political science research for a general audience. Drawing their data from a new initiative called The Nationscape Project, composed of 500,000 interviews conducted throughout the year and before the 2021 inauguration, the book promises to be a data-driven analysis of what really mattered in the 2020 campaign. The book's driving argument and ultimate message will be determined by the data, but their current plan is to devote chapters to the big ideas that are driving voters to the polls and determining support for various candidates, how these ideas align with party orientation, and how beliefs differ across various subgroups, determined by age, education, race, gender, and region. Laced throughout these findings will be narration of the unfolding election, supported by the authors' firsthand reporting, observations, and interviews with voters. Notably, the authors seek to explain the conditions that, despite the challenges and problems of the Trump presidency, nearly handed Trump a second term as President"--.
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Presidents; Political campaigns; Political participation;
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This living hand : and other essays / by Morris, Edmund.(CARDINAL)136833;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A wide-ranging collection of essays by a contemporary critic and historian traces four decades of writing and considers such diverse topics as Beethoven, Kilimanjaro, and Britain's Imperial War Museum.
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Biography; Literature; Music.; Presidents;
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The presidency A to Z / by Peters, Gerhard(Gerhard D.)(CARDINAL)547095; Woolley, John T.(John Turner),1950-(CARDINAL)733651;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 684-690) and index.G: Garfield, James A -- Garner, John Nance -- Gerry, Elbridge -- Goldwater, Barry M -- Gore, Albert Jr -- Grant, Ulysses S -- Great Depression -- Great Society -- Group of Eight (G-8)/Group of Twenty (G-20) -- Guantanamo Bay -- H: -- Hail to the Chief -- Hamdan v Rumsfeld -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Hamlin, Hannibal -- Harding, Warren G -- Harrison, Benjamin -- Harrison, William Henry -- Hayes, Rutherford B -- Health and Human Services Department -- Hendricks, Thomas A -- Historic milestones of the presidency -- Hobart, Garret A -- Homeland Security Department -- Honeymoon period -- Hoover, Herbert C -- Hoover Commissions -- Housing and Urban Development Department -- Hughes, Charles Evans -- Humphrey, Hubert H -- Humphrey's Executor v United States -- Hurricane Katrina -- I: -- Immigration and Naturalization Service v Chadha -- Impeachment -- Impoundment -- Inauguration -- Independent Executive agencies -- Independent regulatory agencies -- Interest groups and the presidency -- Interior Department -- Iran-Contra affair -- Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) -- J: -- Jackson, Andrew -- Japanese American internment -- Jefferson, Thomas -- Johnson, Andrew -- Johnson, Lady Bird -- Johnson, Lyndon B -- Johnson, Richard M -- Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Justice Department -- K: -- Kennedy, Jacqueline -- Kennedy, John F -- Kerry, John -- King, William R -- Kitchen cabinet -- Korean War -- L: -- La Follette, Robert M -- Labor Department -- Lame duck -- Landon, Alfred -- Law enforcement powers -- Legislative veto -- Libraries -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Lincoln, Mary Todd -- Line-item veto -- Louisiana Purchase -- M: -- McCain, John -- McCarthy, Eugene J -- McClellan, George B -- McGovern, George S -- McKinley, William -- Madison, Dolley -- Madison, James -- Management and Budget, Office of -- Marshall, Thomas R -- Martial law -- Media and the presidency -- Memorials, presidential -- Mexican-American War of 1846 -- Midterm elections -- Milligan, Ex parte -- Mondale, Walter F -- Monroe, James -- Monroe Doctrine -- Morton, Levi P -- Myers v United States -- N: -- National Archives and Records Administration -- National bank -- National Economic Council -- National Intelligence , Office of the Director of -- National party conventions -- National security adviser -- National Security Council -- Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 -- New Deal -- New Freedom -- New Frontier -- Nixon, Pat -- Nixon, Richard -- O: -- Oath of office -- Obama, Barack -- Obama, Michelle --List of figures and list of tables -- About the authors -- Preface -- A: -- Adams, Abigail -- Adams, John -- Adams, John Quincy -- Agnew, Spiro T -- Agriculture Department -- Air Force One -- Appointment and removal power (Executive Branch) -- Arthur, Chester A -- Article II -- Assassinations and assaults -- B: -- Background of presidents -- Barkley, Alben W -- Bell, John -- Biden, Joseph Jr -- Blaine, James G -- Blair House -- Breckinridge, John C -- Brownlow Committee -- Bryan, William Jennings -- Buchanan, James -- Buckley v Valeo -- Budget process -- Bureaucracy -- Burr, Aaron -- Bush, Barbara -- Bush, George H W -- Bush, George W -- Bush, Laura -- Bush v Gore -- C: -- Cabinet -- Calhoun, John C -- Camp David -- Campaign debates -- Campaign financing -- Carter, Jimmy -- Carter, Rosalynn -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Cheney, Richard B -- Chief of Staff -- Chief of State -- Civil Service -- Civil War -- Clay, Henry -- Cleveland, Grover -- Clinton v Jones -- Clinton, Bill -- Clinton, George -- Clinton, Hillary Rodham -- Colfax, Schuyler -- Commerce Department -- Commissions, Presidential -- Congress and the presidency -- Congressional caucus (King Caucus) -- Constitutional powers and provisions -- Coolidge, Calvin -- Counsel to the president -- Court-packing plan -- Courts and the president -- Crawford, William Harris -- Curtis, Charles -- D: -- Daily and family life -- Dallas, George M -- Davis, Jefferson -- Dawes, Charles G -- Death of the president -- Debs, Eugene V -- Defense Department -- Delegate selection reforms -- Dewey, Thomas E -- Diplomatic powers -- Disability amendment -- Doctrines, presidential -- Dole, Robert J -- Douglas, Stephen A -- Dukakis, Michael S -- E: -- Economic Advisers, Council of -- Economic powers -- Education Department -- Eisenhower, Dwight D -- Elections and campaigns -- Elections chronology -- Electoral College -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Emergency powers -- Energy Department -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Ethics -- Executive agreements -- Executive office buildings -- Executive office of the president -- Executive orders -- Executive privilege -- F: - Fairbanks, Charles W -- Fair Deal -- Farewell addresses -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Federal Election Commission -- Federalist Papers -- Federal Reserve System -- Ferraro, Geraldine A -- Fillmore, Millard -- First hundred days -- First ladies -- Ford, Betty -- Ford, Gerald R -- Former presidents --P: -- Pardon power -- Party leader -- Patronage -- Perot, Ross H -- Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) -- Personnel Management, Office of -- Pierce, Franklin -- Political parties -- Polk, James K -- Presidential greatness -- Presidential Medal of Freedom -- Press conferences -- Press Secretary, Presidential -- Primaries and caucuses -- Proclamations and endorsements -- Public opinion and the presidency -- Q: Qualifications of the president and vice president -- Quayle, Dan -- R: -- Reagan, Nancy -- Reagan, Ronald -- Reconstruction -- Religion and the presidency -- Rockefeller, Nelson A -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Roosevelt, Franklin D -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- S: -- Salary and perquisites -- Seals of Office -- Secret Service -- Senatorial courtesy -- Separation of powers -- Sherman, James S -- Signing statements -- Smith, Alfred E -- Spanish-American War of 1898 -- Special counsel -- Speeches and rhetoric -- Square Deal -- Staff -- State Department -- State of the Union Address -- Stevenson, Adlai E -- Stevenson, Adlai E, II -- Stewardship theory -- Succession -- Summit meetings -- T: -- Taft, William Howard -- Taylor, Zachary -- Teapot Dome scandal -- Term of office -- Third parties -- Thurmond, J Strom -- Tilden, Samuel J -- Titles of the president and vice president -- Tompkins, Daniel D -- Trade policy -- Trade Representative, Office of the U S -- Transition period -- Transportation Department -- Travel -- Treasury Department -- Treaty power -- Truman, Harry S -- Tyler, John -- U: -- Unitary executive theory -- United Nations -- United States v Curtiss-Wright Export Corp -- United States v Nixon -- V: -- Van Buren, Martin -- Veterans Affairs Department -- Veto power -- Vice president -- Vice-presidential residence -- Vietnam War -- W: -- Wallace, George C -- Wallace, Henry A -- War in Afghanistan -- War of 1812 -- War on terrorism -- War powers -- War Powers Act of 1973 -- Washington, George -- Washington, Martha -- Watergate affair -- Weaver, James B -- Wheeler, William A -- Whiskey Rebellion -- Whiskey ring scandal -- White House -- Willkie, Wendell L -- Wilson, Edith -- Wilson, Henry -- Wilson, Woodrow -- World War I -- World War II -- Y: -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co v Sawyer -- Z: -- Zapruder film -- Reference material: -- U S Presidents and Vice Presidents, 1789-2012 -- Backgrounds of U S Presidents, 1789-2012 -- Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789-2008 -- Party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789-2013 -- Presidential Cabinets, 1789-2012 -- U S Government Organizational Chart -- Government resources on the Web -- Constitution of the United States -- Selected bibliography -- Index.From the Back Cover: An invaluable and authoritative reference for understanding the highest office in the land. The Presidency A to Z is an authoritative and engaging volume that provides readers with the information they need to understand the executive branch, the men who have held the office of president, and the people and organizations that support them. This fifth edition includes new biographies of Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, John McCain, and Joseph Biden; revised coverage of presidential relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups, and the public; updated entries on the Iraq War, the war in Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay; and expanded content on the budget process and campaign finance. With a historical and contemporary focus, The Presidency A to Z offers quick information and in-depth background on how the executive branch has responded to the challenges facing the nation. More than 300 comprehensive entries provide: Biographies of each president and other individuals who have played important roles in the executive branch; Explanation of key concepts and powers relating to the presidency; Comprehensive coverage of presidential elections; Analysis of executive branch relations with the legislative and judicial branches; Exploration of the policies of each president and their effects on U S and world history. Appendixes offer valuable reference material on U S presidents and vice presidents, their background, and service dates; a summary of presidential elections; and thorough coverage of major cabinet officials. The Presidency A to Z is part of the five-volume American Government A to Z series published by CQ Press.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Biographies.; Presidents; Presidents;
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American Zion : a new history of Mormonism / by Park, Benjamin E.,Author(DLC)no2011138989;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-473) and index.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most significant homegrown religion in American history. How Mormonism succeeded is the story told by historian Benjamin E. Park in American Zion. Drawing on sources that have become available only in the last two decades, Park presents a fresh, sweeping account of the Latter-day Saints: from the flight to Utah Territory in 1847 to the public renunciation of polygamy in 1890; from the Mormon leadership's forging of an alliance with the Republican Party in the wake of the New Deal to the "Mormon moment" of 2012, which saw the premiere of The Book of Mormon musical and the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney; and beyond. In the twentieth century, Park shows, Mormons began to move ever closer to the center of American life, shaping culture, politics, and law along the way. But Park's epic isn't rooted in triumphalism. It turns out that the image of complete obedience to a single, earthly prophet--an image spread by Mormons and non-Mormons alike--is misleading. In fact, Mormonism has always been defined by internal conflict. Joseph Smith's wife, Emma, inaugurated a legacy of feminist agitation over gender roles. Black believers petitioned for belonging even after a racial policy was instituted in the 1850s that barred them from priesthood ordination and temple ordinances (a restriction that remained in place until 1978). Indigenous and Hispanic saints--the latter represent a large portion of new converts today--have likewise labored to exist within a community that long called them "Lamanites," a term that reflected White-centered theologies. Today, battles over sexuality and gender have riven the Church anew, as gay and trans saints have launched their own fight for acceptance. A definitive, character-driven work of history, American Zion is essential to any understanding of the Mormon past, present, and future. But its lessons extend beyond the faith: as Park puts it, the Mormon story is the American story.
Subjects: Informational works; Illustrated works; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Religion and culture;
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Don't tell me to wait : how the fight for gay rights changed America and transformed Obama's presidency / by Eleveld, Kerry,author.(CARDINAL)411213;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The inaugural insult -- Losing the religion -- A brief intervention -- Courage is just a lack of options -- Getting equal -- Lame duck -- The legal advance -- New York state of mind -- The evolution -- Conclusion."As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama distanced himself from same-sex marriage, saying he believed marriage was "a sacred union" between a man and a woman. In 2012, he did just the opposite, proclaiming it was "important" for him to affirm the right of same-sex couples to marry. This dramatic about-face put the most powerful man in the world at the front of the battle for gay rights, giving LGBT Americans and their advocates an invaluable ally in their struggle for freedom. Just one year later, the Supreme Court would strike down key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act, and no Democratic presidential nominee would ever again shun marriage equality. As former Advocate journalist Kerry Eleveld shows, Obama's support transformed the issue of gay rights from a political liability into an electoral imperative, and in Don't Tell Me to Wait she offers a boots-on-the-ground account of how gay rights activists pushed the president to this political tipping point. Obama's "evolution" on marriage equality was not the result of a benevolent politician who entered the Oval Office with a wealth of good intentions. Rather, pressure from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists changed the conversation, issue by issue. As a result of the protests and outcry following the passage of California's same-sex marriage ban, Obama realized that overturning the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was the one 2008 campaign promise he couldn't ignore. While pledges to other progressive constituencies fell apart during Obama's first two years in office, the LGBT rights movement protested the administration's fecklessness early and often. By the time the sun set on the 111th Congress, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal had become the sole piece of major progressive legislation to become law. The repeal's overwhelming success and popularity paved the way for other LGBT advances, including the president's eventual embrace of the freedom to marry. With unprecedented access and unparalleled insights into this hot-button issue, Don't Tell Me to Wait captures a critical moment in LGBT history and demonstrates the power of activism to change the course of a presidency--and a nation. "--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Obama, Barack; Gay people; Gay rights; Homosexuality; Presidents; Same-sex marriage; Gay rights.; Homosexuality.; Homosexuals.; Same-sex marriage.;
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