Barack Obama: The Movement for Change
Author: Painter, Anthony |
| | ISBN | : | 9781906413231 | | Format | : | Paperback | | Publisher | : | Arcadia Books | | Publish Date | : | 01-SEP-2009 | | Main Category | : | HUMANITIES | | Sub Category | : | POLITICS/WAR | | Price | : | RM 49.90* | | Usual Local Delivery | : | 3 to 5 business days |
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| Examining in detail the origins of President Barack Obama's mission to
change America, this biographical account is focused on his days as a
community organizer on the south side of Chicago and his rise through
the racially charged Chicago political scene. Obama's plan for change
is put forth as the latest expression of a movement for justice: a
movement that has swept forward with the collective energy of great
leaders such as Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson,
Harold Washington—Chicago's first black mayor— and others who have bent
the “arc of morality” towards justice. This examination of Obama's
early years in Chicago explores how his life touched and was touched by
a beleaguered and sinking community in one of Chicago's poorest
neighborhoods and how his work with the residents of Chicago's Woodlawn
and Altgeld Gardens communities has shaped how he thinks, how he works,
and his vision for the American people. Stepping back from recent
events, it becomes apparent that Obama's unlikely victory is not merely
the story of a single, remarkable individual, it is a story of a
movement and of the people who drove that movement forward and one that
will cascade down the generations. |
| | | Author Name: Painter, Anthony
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