ABSTRACT

Presidential Leadership and African Americans examines the leadership styles of eight American presidents and shows how the decisions made by each affected the lives and opportunities of the nation’s black citizens. Beginning with George Washington and concluding with the landmark election of Barack Obama, Goethals traces the evolving attitudes and morality that influenced the actions of each president on matters of race, and shows how their personal backgrounds as well as their individual historical, economic, and cultural contexts combined to shape their values, judgments, and decisions, and ultimately their leadership, regarding African Americans.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

Presidential Leadership and the American Dilemma: Psychological Dimensions

chapter 1|24 pages

George Washington

chapter 2|20 pages

Thomas Jefferson

chapter 3|26 pages

Abraham Lincoln

chapter 4|24 pages

Ulysses S. Grant

chapter 5|24 pages

Theodore Roosevelt

chapter 6|22 pages

Woodrow Wilson

chapter 7|24 pages

Harry S. Truman

chapter 8|22 pages

Lyndon B. Johnson

chapter |10 pages

Conclusion