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One Year Later, Obama Presidency and the Civil Rights Movement

Tracing the election of President Barack Obama to the civil rights era. What does the election of the first black President mean for the future of the civil rights movement and the lives of African Americans? With The Ohio State University Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity deputy director Andrew Grant-Thomas, University of Florida history professor Paul Ortiz and Miami University history professor Nishani Frazier.