obama, barack

Looks at the life and career of Barack Obama.

"Provides an in-depth look at the inspiration, achievements, and successes that have defined one of the world's best-known people, Barack Obama. Intended for fourth to sixth grade students"--.

Follow Obama through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey towards the 2008 Democratic Convention.

Describes the childhood, upbringing, education, and political career of Barack Obama. Features color photographs, a timeline, facts, a quiz, a glossary, and quotes.

Argues that President Obama has expanded the base of presidential power through the use of drone warfare, targeted assassinations, and other tactics.

David Plouffe chronicles the Barack Obama presidential campaign, sharing the ideas and events that shaped the campaign and helped Obama become the country's first African-American president and exploring how the election changed the face of American politics.

Collects fifteen essays by writers and thinkers such as Adam Mansbach, Connie Schultz, and William Julius Wilson, on the literary, political, social, and cultural importance of Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech, which he delivered on March 18, 2008.

Contains the annotated, unabridged texts of twenty-one speeches delivered by Illinois senator and President Barack Obama between 2002 and 2008, and includes profiles of Barack and Michelle Obama, and a summary of his policy positions.

Examines African-American leadership in the U.S. by taking a close look at Barack Obama's 2008 campaign for the Presidency and discusses figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse Jackson while illustrating the effects of slavery, modern megachurches, and hip-hop culture on black politics.