Conversations with black leaders and activists exploring current African American political and cultural life.

REDEFINING BLACK POWERTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionBy Joanne Griffith-Poplar1: The Movement for the Expansion and Deepening of Democracy in AmericaA Conversation of Context with Dr. Vincent Harding2. What about the Brother at the Bottom of the Well?Law in the Age of Obama with Professor Michelle Alexander3. Dollars and Sense? Race, Recession and RecoveryRacial equality and economic parity with Dr. Julianne Malveaux4. Barack Obama: The New Crack?A Story of Revolution with Ramona Africa5. Probing the President: The Mediäs Paralysis of Analysis?A Conversation on race, the press and the White House with Linn Washington6. It Matters What Needs to be Done Politics and Green Activism with Van Jones7. A Quiet Victory for Emotional JusticeThe impact of the First Family on the African American Psyche with Esther ArmahEpilogue AcknowledgmentsAbout the ContributorsAbout Pacifica RadioBibliography and Audio References