Britain's most senior black politician said the election of Obama would inspire a new generation
of black political leaders in Britain.
Land, the president of the ERLC,
accused black political leaders, including President Obama, of trying to «gin up the black vote» on his radio show on March 31.
In apparent contrast, images of barbershops strip the surfaces back to stark Mondrianesque abstraction — with images of
great black political leaders isolated in Is It Alright To Be Black?.
The words are Ligon's variation on the rallying cry of
black political leader Jesse Jackson's «I Am Somebody» — a mantra that itself appears in a black and white painting nearby.
Businesses, led by Coca - Cola, played a very positive role in moving Atlanta from being a rigidly segregated city, dominated by a small white elite, to being a city with a significant group
of black political leaders.