Our Time Has Come: A Delegate's Diary of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign
by Barker, Lucius J
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 025201426X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252014260
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xviii, 233, [3] p.: tables; 24 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Jesse Jackson was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 (the second African American, after Shirley Chisholm, to run a national campaign for president). He won 18.2% of the total primary votes in 1984, winning primaries and caucuses in Louisiana, the District of Columbis, South Caroline, and Mississippi. "From his perspective as a fully accredited, elected Jackson delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Lucius Barker tells the story of his active participation in the drama -- recounting the excitement and challenges, successes and achievements, and the problems, disappointments, and frustrations: describing what he believed to be the campaign's deeper sense and meaning; and recording his views of its great historical significance." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008005
- Title
- Our Time Has Come: A Delegate's Diary of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign
- Author
- Barker, Lucius J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 025201426X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252014260
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; American History; History & Politics;
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