'Obamamania' author to speak Thursday at UI faculty center

URBANA – The author of the book, "What's Wrong with Obamamania: Black America, Black Leadership and the Death of Political Imagination," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., U.

The talk, "Obamamania and the Crisis of Political Leadership," by Ricky L. Jones, an associate professor at the University of Louisville, is free and open to the public.

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