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"In 1992, Carol Moseley Braun became the first, and to this day only, African-American woman elected to the US Senate. Long before this historic victory, which Barack Obama would later say prefigured his own path to the Senate and presidency, veteran Chicago journalist Jeannie Morris saw an incredible opportunity. Here was a bold and politically courageous candidate, a feminist and sensible progressive with whom Morris quickly identified on a personal level. Morris joined the campaign to write the official story of a brilliant retail politician with a charismatic smile. What happened next resulted in a story that went well beyond what Morris could have imagined. Behind the Smile is the riveting campaign-trail memoir of a journalist coming to grips with the shortcomings of an ascendant politician -- a charismatic trailblazer whose personal relationship with a key staffer led to her undoing. The narrative unfolds as the personal journey of a sympathetic reporter reconciling her own belief in an inspiring figure with her responsibility to deliver the facts. In Behind the Smile, Morris brings the social and political impact of Moseley Braun's story -- from her meteoric rise to her eventual downfall -- into clear focus"--
"Memoir by a Chicago journalist recounting the 1992 US Senate campaign of Carol Moseley Braun"--
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Politics and government, African American legislators, United States, Democratic Party (U.S.), United States. Congress. Senate, Political campaigns, Women legislators, Biography, History, Democratic party (u.s.), United states, congress, senate, African american legislators, United states, politics and government, 1989-1993, Illinois, politics and government, Women, united states, biography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / PoliticalPeople
Carol Moseley-Braun (1947-)Places
United States, IllinoisTimes
20th century, 1989-1993Showing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Behind the smile: a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign
2015
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1572841761 9781572841765
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Behind the Smile: The Story of Carol Moseley Braun's Historic 1992 Senate Campaign
2015, Agate Publishing, Incorporated
in English
157284759X 9781572847590
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