Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
About this book
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama's remarkable memoir. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, long before Obama had thoughts of a political career, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are.
Subjects
- 71.62 ethnic relations (sociology)
- african americans
- african americans, biography
- african-american studies
- afro-amerikaner
- afronorteamericanos
- biografi
- biografía
- [biographie]
- biographies
- biography
- biography & autobiography
- candidats à la présidence
- discrimination
- diskriminering av afro-amerikaner
- états-unis
- identiteit
- large type books
- mengbloeden
- métis
- mulâtres
- new york times bestseller
- noirs américains
- nonfiction
- nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-11-23
- obama, barack, 1961-
- personas mestiza
- portuguese language materials
- presidents
- présidents
- race identity
- race relations
- racial discrimination
- racially mixed people
- racisim
- racism
- racisme
- racismo
- rasism
- rassenverhoudingen
- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 7
- reading level-grade 8
- reading level-grade 9
- relaciones raciales
- relations interethniques
- relations raciales
- united states, race relations