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.Board of Education, 3childhood in, 7, 16, 18 20, 27Bush, George, H.W., 82community organizer in, 43Bush, George W., 85father in, 36 37, 45 46, 50administration, 55, 67 68, 75drug use in, 33 34identity in, 9, 15Cpolitics in, 59Cheney, Dick, 85publication, 56 57Chicago, 55racism in, 3 33community organizer in, 37 49,Du Bois, W.E.B., 3352 53, 56Dunham, Madelyn (grand-ghettos in, 39 42 95INDEXmother), 14, 38, 64 Harvard Law School, 47, 70living with, 13, 16 18, 23, years at, 50, 52 5825 28, 30 Harvard University, 15, 44, 50Dunham, Stanley (grandfather), Health Care Justice Act, 638, 14, 35 Homeland security, 82living with, 13, 16 17, 23, Honolulu, Hawaii25 28, 30 family in, 64military, 4, 13, 76 growing up in, 7, 15, 18, 23, 25,Dunham, Stanley Ann (mother), 27, 34, 38, 46, 7238 Hull, Blair, 72growing up, 4, 7 8, 12 15, 72 Hurricane Katrina, 82occupations, 20, 28, 34 Hussein, Saddam, 68relationships, 4, 15 16, 18, Hynes, Dan, 7421 22, 27, 36Durbin, Richard, 81 IIllinois state senatorE campaign for, 46 47, 58 59Education committees, 60programs for, 60 61, 65, 82, 84 issues during, 60 64Eisenhower, Dwight, 85 years as, 3, 58, 60 64, 67, 72, 82Environmental issues Immigration issues, 82, 87air pollution, 67 Indonesiaalternative energy, 81 82, 84, 87 government, 17wetlands, 67 language and culture, 18, 21living in, 17 19, 72F military, 17, 20Feingold, Russell, 76 mother in, 28, 34Fitzgerald, Peter, 74 Iraq war, 4protests again, 67 69, 85, 87G troops in, 82Gandhi, Mahatma, 81Government ethics Klegislation, 64, 82 Kakugawa, Keith, 31, 34priorities, 72, 88 Kennedy, John F., 81spending, 81 KenyaGreat Britain family in, 37, 43 45, 50African settlements, 10 11 father growing up in, 4, 7 8, 15,military, 11 25, 76Great Depression, 13 government, 44 45Gun control, 62, 64 65 independence movement in,11 12, 26, 44H Luo tribe in, 8 9, 23Harvard Law Review roots in, 8 11president, 55 56 travel to, 8 10, 50 52working on, 52 Kenyatta, Jomo, 8 96 INDEXKerry, John, 4, 75 growing up, 4, 7, 11 12, 50, 72,Keyes, Alan, 77 79 76King, Martin Luther, Jr., 22 23, influence of, 1581 meeting again, 8, 15, 26, 36,Klein, Joe, 62 45 46Kucinich, Dennis, 85 occupations, 44 45Kusonoki, Eric, 28 Obama, Barack, Jr.and basketball, 29 31L birth, 7 8Lincoln, Abraham, 72, 81, 87 childhood, 8, 13, 15 27, 38assassination, 1 chronology, 90 91 House Divided speech, 1 2 education, 20, 23 28, 33 35Love, Alvin, 43 identity and alienation, 9, 15,Lugar, Richard, 82 22 23, 25 26, 33, 35, 38, 52marriage, 57M troubled youth, 27 37, 88Malcolm X, 33 Obama, Hussein OnyangoMandela, Nelson, 81 (grandfather), 10 11Marshall, Thurgood, 81 Obama, Malia (daughter), 64, 67Military, 4, 7, 31 Obama, Michelle Robinsonveterans issues, 82, 88 (wife)at war, 10, 67 69, 82, 85 family, 54 55, 64, 80Miner, Barnhill & Galland law marriage, 57firm, 57 meeting, 53 54Muslim Obama, Natasha (daughter), 64customs, 20 Obama, Roy (brother), 44 45in Indonesia, 20 21 Occidental College, 34 35Overall, George Washington, 12NNew York City Pliving in, 35 36 Parks, Rosa, 22Patrick, Deval, 86O Patton, George S., 4, 13Obama, Akumu Hussein (grand- Pearl Harbor, 4, 13mother), 10 11 Pop (poem), 35Obama, Auma (half-sister), 37 Presidential campaignmeeting, 43 46 announcement to run, 2 4, 6,visiting, 50 12, 85 87Obama, Barack, Sr.(father) exploratory committee, 84 85abandonment of family, 8, funds, 8715 16 issues, 3 5, 86 89children and wives, 25, 36, 43, running, 19, 83 8945 46, 50 Punahou Schooldeath, 9 10, 36, 44, 52 basketball team, 30education, 15, 22, 44, 50 years at, 23 25, 27 28 97INDEXNew Hampshire University,R48 49Racism, 13 14presidential announcement,and profiling, 622 4, 6, 85 86views on, 31 33, 35, 53, 56, 72, 86Spiva, Bruce, 55Reagan, Ronald, 78Springfield, IllinoisRezko, Tony, 83 84the capitol in, 1 2, 4, 6, 85 86Richardson, Bill, 85political career in, 3, 58Roberts, John, 82 83Stevenson, Adlai, 85Rogers, Steven S., 70Suharto, General, 17Rumsfeld, Donald, 85Supreme Court, 83Rush, Bobby, 64 66Syverson, Dave, 62Ryan, Jack, 74TSTaxes and budgetsSantorum, Rick, 82programs, 60, 62, 64, 81Scharnberg, KirstenTown hall meetings, 81on Obama, 19, 25, 33Trinity United Church of Christ,Secret Service, 8747 49Senate, United Statescampaign for, 67, 70 79Ucommittees and issues, 81 84,United States Congress87changes in, 3 4election, 6, 74 75, 79Senators, 1only black member, 74 75, 86unsuccessful run for, 64 66,race for, 67 6970 71voting record, 4Universal health carework in, 3, 80 89ways to implement, 3, 63, 65, 82,Senior citizen support, 8284, 87Soetoro, Lolo (step-father), 16, 27University of Chicago, 70influence of, 18 19, 21 22teaching at, 58military, 17, 20University of HawaiiSoetoro, Maya (half-sister), 21basketball team, 29 30childhood, 27 28, 38parents at, 8, 15 16, 44on Obama, 33South AfricaVgovernment, 35Southern New Hampshire Uni- Video game effects, 82Vilsack, Tom, 85versitycommencement speech at,W48 49Wallace-Wells, Benn, 72, 80Soviet Union, 82Washington, Harold, 39SpeechesWorld War II, 10, 76 Audacity of Hope, 4 6, 75 77,Wright, Jeremiah, 4783influence of, 48 49commencement at Southern 98About the AuthorHeather Lehr Wagner is the author of more than 30 books explor-ing social and political issues and focusing on the lives ofprominent men and women.She earned a B.A.in political sci-ence from Duke University and an M.A.in government fromthe College of William and Mary.She lives with her husbandand family in Pennsylvania
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