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Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump pp 155–181Cite as

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The State of Black Women in Politics Under the First Black President

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History was made in November 2008. Record-breaking numbers of voters lined up to vote the first African-American President into office, with Barack Obama handily beating Arizona Republican Senator John McCain and winning 52% of the electoral vote, a clear mandate for change.

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Harris, D. (2019). The State of Black Women in Politics Under the First Black President. In: Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95456-1_6

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