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In Party Crashing: How the HIp-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence (Basic Books, $16.95), Keli Goff, a political analyst, argues that political votes from the hip-hop generation, or the post Civil Rights generation, are up for grabs. Many of these young voters, who have reaped the benefits of the Civil Rights Movement, she says, question the politics of racial identity, and have also begun to question their allegiance to the Democratic Party. As a result, they are emerging as crucial swing voters, with ability to determine the outcome of elections.

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In The Echo from Dealey Plaza (Harmony, $25.95), Abraham Bolden recounts his riveting tale of becoming the first African-American to serve on the White House Secret Service detail during the Kennedy administration. He was a young agent when President John F. Kennedy offered him the job during a chance meeting. It was his dream job. But he quickly discovered that a dream is just a dream when he was exposed to blatant racism and other hardships, especially after Kennedy's assassination.

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