| Paint the White House Black : Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America Michael P. Jeffries is the Sidney R. Knafel Assistant Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College. He is the author of Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop (2011), and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic and The Guardian , UK. Visit the author's website, www.michaelpjeffries.com, for additional information about his writing and research. |