20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading

4. "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency," by Randall Kennedy

The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency, by Randall Kennedy (Knopf Doubleday, 336 pp.)
There’s nothing “postracial” about it, argues Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy. Race continues to be a significant issue in the American politics of the Obama era, and Kennedy’s book analyzes the ways in which it continues to make its presence felt. (August)

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