Has President Barack Obama’s first term embodied the idealism of the 2008 campaign? The answer is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the last in the series, The Root Interviewed Marc Lamont Hill, associate professor of English education at Teachers College, Columbia University.…

Has President Barack Obama’s first term embodied the idealism of the 2008 campaign? The answer is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the eighth in the series, The Root interviewed Imani Perry, professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. Read the other interviews…

Has President Barack Obama’s first term embodied the idealism of the 2008 campaign? The answer is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the seventh in this series, The Root interviewed Richard Thompson Ford, the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law…

Has President Barack Obama’s first term embodied the idealism of the 2008 campaign? The answer is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the sixth in the series, The Root interviewed Hugh B. Price, former head of the National Urban League and a senior…

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s first term embodies the idealism of the 2008 campaign is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the fifth in the series, The Root interviewed Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African-American studies at Duke University. Read…

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s first term embodies the idealism of the 2008 campaign is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the fourth in the series, The Root interviewed Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Center for African American Studies at…

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s first term embodies the idealism of the 2008 campaign is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the third in the series, The Root interviewed Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law…

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s first term embodies the idealism of the 2008 campaign is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. For the second in the series, The Root interviewed Katherine Tate, professor of African-American studies at the University of California, Irvine’s School…

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s first term embodies the idealism of the 2008 campaign is debatable, according to interviews with nine prominent black academics in the run-up to next year’s presidential election. Those participating in these conversations with The Root include Kwame Anthony Appiah at Princeton, Ralph Richard Banks at Stanford Law School, Mark…