An American with the name Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a white woman and a black man he barely knew, raised by his grandparents far outside the stream of American power and wealth, has been elected the 44th president of the United States. Showing extraordinary focus and quiet certainty...
Obama returned to Hawaii, his birthplace, at the age of 10 after briefly living in Indonesia with his mother after his parents split. He was raised from then on by his grandparents. In 1983, he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science, later moving to Chicago, ...
At the heart of Obama's psyche and his political beliefs - and therefore his presidency - is his life-long struggle to understand the extreme duality of his identity. Maraniss explores his extraordinary journey from a mixed race boy raised by white grandparents in laid-back Hawaii to an Afric...
BorninHawaiiin1961andraisedbyasinglemotherand grandparentsfromruralKansas GraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityin1983 MovedtoIllinoisin1985wherehebecameacommunity organizerwithaChristianchurch-basedgroup Asanorganizer,heworkedwithlaid-offunionsteel workersonjobtrainingandotherbenefitprograms HewentontoearnhislawdegreefromHarva...
The book describes how Obama was raised by his grandparents in an urban Honolulu 10th-floor apartment, confronted economic disparities and formed his identity in the nation's most multicultural state. Posted By: | August 15, 2008 at 12:32 AM Report Abuse Sorry. Too late. the toothpaste is...
Michelle Obama Full Text of Michelle Obama Speech, Democratic National Convention 2008年8月26日，民主党的党团大会开幕，开幕的第一天，Michelle Obama独自站在了台前，发表了一篇精彩的演讲。Obama的口才好一致公认，但让人吃惊的是他老婆的口才也如此了得，她几乎不用讲稿在15分钟完成了整篇演说，从自己的身世...
his patriotism and his concern for working families.The basic details that Obama provides about his family are correct.His books and various news reports confirm that Obama was raised in Hawaii by his mother and grandparents,who were transplants from Kansas.They weren't rich,though young Obama ...
the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other ad...
Barack was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed help.Barack's grandmother started out as a secretary at a community bank...and she moved quickly up the ranks...but like so many women, she hit a glass ceiling.And ...