Book Review: Randall Kennedy's "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency" - By Brent Staples (The New York Times Book Review)

The next time you see Barack Obama gliding into a White House press conference, take note of that jazzy walk. It is a dead ringer for the strut that was the bearing of choice among ­inner-city cool guys in the 1960s ... read more