Newark Mayor Cory Booker

The New Black Politician

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 29, 2012

In The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-racial America, Emory University associate professor of political science Andra Gillespie uses Newark as a case study to explain the breakdown of racial unity in black politics.

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