Oxford African American Studies Center Update

To mark a very special moment in our nation’s history, the Oxford African American Studies Center has been updated to commemorate Barack Obama’s groundbreaking victory in this year’s presidential election. In a moving essay that examines President-Elect Obama’s historic achievement alongside other watershed moments in African American history, Editor in Chief Henry Louis Gates celebra tes and honors the undeniable impact of November 4, 2008. Read the rest of this heartwarming and moving essay here.Guest scholar and Oxford African American Studies Center Editor Paul Finkelman offers his own take on Obama’s achievement in an essay titled “The First President Who Is Black.” At a time Finkelman calls “the alternate universe of 2008,” he comments on the impact this election and Obama’s impending presidency will have on race relations in the United States. Read the essay in its entirety here. Also new for November is the Oxford African American Studies Center’s Feature of the Month. Every month, the editors of the site spotlight key subject articles, biograph ies, primary sources, and offer new content in order to provide insight into topics of current and historical relevance. To honor Barack Obama’s success, the editors have expanded on last month’s feature by highlighting additional influenti al African Americans elected to public office. Explore this month’s feature.Receive an Alert:Enter your email address below to sign up for the Feature of the Month e-mail alert. E-mail Sign me up to receive special offers from Oxford University PressBest Wishes,Art Lowe Assistant Marketing Manager Oxford University Presswww.oup.com