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A story about this — 2 years ago
I took a course in African American History to know more of whence I came and also to find out more the history of our people; Well, the instructor had a list of books that we could report on, and each book I suggested, it was already taken until I requested that I read this book here; Now, like most of you I had no knowledge of this man or his existence until the 2004 Democrat National Convention when he gave a DARN good speech; made me wake up and smell the coffee; I knew then that this man had a bright future ahead of him, and I went on his site, I tried to read more about him, and I just went and bought his book for my report; And the book doesn’t disappoint; Born to a Kenyan father he barely knew and a White mother in Hawaii, Obama takes you through the odyssey of his life; funny though, the book was published originally in 1995, but when he made his speech, the book became VERY popular; you can also feel the awkwardness he felt at times when he tried to embrace the black culture in spite of being brought up by whites;

















