A Promised Land
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A Promised Land is a memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Published on November 17, 2020, it is the first of a planned two-volume series.
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- Obama’s Parents. Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and eventually earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams of going to college in Hawaii.
- Life in Hawaii. While living with his grandparents, Obama enrolled in the esteemed Punahou School. He excelled in basketball and graduated with academic honors in 1979.
- Obama’s Half-Siblings. Obama’s family includes six half-siblings located around the world. He shares a mother with half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and has five paternal half-siblings.
- Illinois Senator. Encouraged by poll numbers, Obama decided to run for the open U.S. Senate seat, vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In the 2004 Democratic primary, he defeated multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes with 52 percent of the vote.
Sep 17, 2020 · A Promised Land. Barack Obama. 4.34. 228,055 ratings19,859 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Winner for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2020) A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.
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Aug 10, 2004 · #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF ESSENCE ’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race” (The Washington Post Book World).
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Barack Obama ’s new memoir “ A Promised Land ” is unlike any other presidential autobiography from the past — or, likely, future. Yes, it provides a historical account of his time in office...
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Nov 15, 2020 · Barack Obama at his election-night rally at Chicago’s Grant Park in 2008. His memoir, A Promised Land,” comes out Tuesday. Damon Winter/The New York Times. He periodically reminds us how he...
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