Hay-Adams Hotel (Washington, D.C.), Obama family at, 284–87
health care, 168–69, 207, 252
Hefner, Christie, 203
Hefner, Hugh, 203
Hefty, Mabel, 40
Hendon, Rickey, 179
Hill, E. D., 267
HMS Resolute, 293
Hoffman, Dustin, 164, 294
Holy Rosary Church (Chicago, Illinois), 105
homes, Obama family’s (Chicago, Illinois), 11, 159, 232–34, 293
hoodlums, Michelle’s incident with, 227
Hook, Richard, 26
hope and Michelle’s “proud of my country” statement, 261
and Obama’s keynote speech at Democratic National Convention, 221
Wright’s sermon about, 111–12, 222, 246
See also The Audacity of Hope (Obama) Howard, John, 284
Howells, Anne, 53
Huffman, Craig, 162
Hughes, Chris, 254
Hull, Blair, 208, 213
Hyde Park (Chicago, Illinois), Obama family home in, 232–34, 293
Hynes, Dan, 208, 209, 239
Ikranagara, Kay, 31
Inauguration Day (2009), for Obama, 288–93
Indonesia Ann in, 30–38, 43–44, 132
Ann’s dissertation about, 154
Indonesia (cont.) Barack as child and youth in, 31–38, 245
microfinance program in, 132, 133 race issues in, 31
social and economic conditions in, 33, 57
Interior Department, U.S., Michelle’s visit to, 296
Iraq War, 204–5, 215, 255, 256, 299
Israel, Wright’s views about, 109, 110
Jackson, Jesse, 91, 120, 147, 157, 191, 210, 227, 228, 269, 281
Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 174, 228
Jackson, Santita, 85, 120, 158, 228, 269
Jacobs, Denny, 178, 180, 189, 197
Jacobs, Mike, 189, 208
Jarrett, Valerie and Barack as father, 242
and Barack’s book, 170
and Barack’s interest in running for President, 240
and Barack’s political ambitions, 196–97
and Barack’s presidential campaign, 251
Barack’s relationship with, 150
and Barack’s swearing-in as U.S. Senator, 228
and Barack’s winning of presidential election, 280
birth of, 147
Chicago contacts of, 150–51, 161
at Chicago Department of Planning and Development, 151–52
childhood and youth of, 147–48
education of, 148
family background of, 147
and life in Obama presidency, 297–98
and Michelle and Barack’s relationship, 181, 183, 212–13, 251
and Michelle and Barack’s wedding, 157, 158
and Michelle’s application for job with Daley, 147, 148–50
and Michelle’s personality and character, 177
Michelle’s relationship with, 148
self-evaluation of, 148
White House tour of, 293
“Joe the Plumber,” 277
Johnson, Elaine, 18
Johnson, Hazel, 107
Johnson, Lyndon, 107, 155
Jonas Brothers, 288, 293
Jones, Emil, 179, 192–93, 207–8, 228
Jones, James Earl, 26
Joyce Foundation, 193, 195–96
Kaine, Tim, 271–72
Kakugawa, Keith “Ray,” 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
Karzai, Hamid, 270
Kellman, Jerry, 13, 65–66, 103, 104, 105, 106, 164
Kennedy, Caroline, 259, 297
Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 259, 291, 296
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 211, 259, 269, 293, 295, 297, 299, 301
Kennedy, John F., 128, 259, 270, 281, 293, 297, 301
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 259, 293, 297
Kennedy, Robert F., 228, 259
Kennedy-King College, Michelle at, 83
Kenya Barack and Michelle’s trips to, 156–57, 237–38
and Barack’s book, 165
Barack’s first trip to, 113–14
Barack’s relatives in, 228–29
Obama senior in, 39, 40, 49–50, 61, 134
politics in, 39–40, 50
poverty in, 157
Kerry, John, 204, 215, 222, 227
Keyes, Alan, 226, 227
Khalidi, Rashid, 166
“Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future” concert, 288
Kindle, Al, 189
King, Larry, 255
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 34, 77, 103
Kirsch, Vanessa, 162
Klutznick, Philip M., 156
Kristof, Nicholas, 245–46
Kruglik, Mike, 105
Kucinich, Dennis, 254
Kuioka, Alton, 41
Kusunoki, Eric, 37
“Ladies Who Lunch,” Obama meets the, 203
Lafontant, Jewel, 151
Larry King Live (CNN-TV), 238, 254–55
LaVelle, Avis, 144, 150
Leadership Council (Chicago Public Education Fund), 164
Lear, Norman, 203
Lee, Spike, 123, 124
Leon, Luis, 289
Liberty Baptist Church (Chicago, Illinois), 227
Libya, Wright-Farrakhan trip to, 109
Lieberman, Joe, 275
Lightford, Kim, 273
Lilydale First Baptist Church (Chicago, Illinois), 108
Lincoln, Abraham, 246, 247, 285, 286, 290, 293
Lincoln Memorial, 285, 287
Link, Terry, 180
Lloyd, Yvonne, 105, 106, 107, 158, 159
Love, Alvin, 108
Lucas, Victoria, 292
Lum, Alan, 42, 43
MacArthur, Kelly Jo, 121, 146, 158
Mack, Kenneth, 136–37
Maliki, Nouri al-, 270
Malkin, Michelle, 266
Mansour Khalid Abdullah Tariq a-, 111
Marsalis, Wynton, 292
Matthews, Sandy, 242
Maurer, Darin, 42, 43
Maurer, Suzanne, 42
Mboya, Tom, 23, 28, 39, 50
McCain, Cindy, 261, 268
McCain, John, 239, 261, 266, 269, 270, 272, 275, 276, 277, 279
McCauley, Georgia, 133
McCrary, Robert, 52
McKnight, John, 111
McLachlin, Chris, 48
media
and elections of 2008, 257, 259, 266–69
and Michelle, 266–69
See also specific person, program, or newspaper/ magazine
Meet the Press (TV program), 216, 238
Mendell, David, 202, 223, 240
Merkel, Angela, 270
microfinance program, Indonesian, 132
Middle East, Obama tour of, 269, 270
Midwest influence on Obama of, 133, 181
and similarities between Barack and Michelle, 133
Mifflin, Margot, 52
Mikva, Abner, 6, 147, 155–56, 159–60, 169, 187, 190, 215, 240, 242–43, 294
Millar, Bill, 63
Million Man March (1995), 8, 172–73
Mills-Thomas, Berneice, 200
Miner, Judson, 141, 160, 161
Minow, Jo, 124
Minow, Martha, 116, 193
Minow, Newton, 116, 118, 123–24, 141, 145–46, 147, 196, 240, 242–43
Mitchell, Ivory, 155
Moelis, Cindy, 160
money, Obama’s views about, 64, 176
Moore, Eric, 51, 52–53, 54, 55, 56
Moseley Braun, Carol, 154, 155, 160, 196, 203–4, 206
Moss, Otis, III, 264
Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois), 84
Muslim
Obama senior family as, 23
and Obama’s childhood and youth, 32, 35–36, 46–47
and Obama’s presidential campaign, 245–46
Nation of Islam, 47, 109
National Press Club Obama’s speech at, 236–37
Wright’s speech at, 264
; Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, 292
Nesbitt, Martin, 151, 185, 196–97, 202, 218, 228
Nesmith, Francis, 76
New School, Obama Senior offered scholarship at, 28
New York Times The Audacity of Hope on bestseller list of, 238, 239
Biden’s “clean” comment to, 253
Kristoff column about Obama in, 245–46
Michelle stories in, 249, 268
and Obama as president of Harvard Law Review, 138
review of Obama’s book in, 230–31
New Yorker cartoon about Obama in, 269–70
Michelle stories in, 253
Obama on cover of, 266
Newton, Huey, 111
Ng, Konrad, 228
Nidesand, Ruth, 29, 64
oath of office, presidential, 289, 290, 294
Obama, Auma (half sister), 64, 157, 158
Obama, Barack ambitions of, 4, 5, 11–12, 33, 54, 56, 62, 111, 113–14, 117, 118, 128–31, 132, 133, 145–46
appearance of, 180, 217–18
as athlete, 42, 47, 48, 49, 52, 211
attitude about money of, 176
baptism of, 112
and bar examination, 141
as basketball player, 125–26, 211
birth of, 27
black/African heritage of, 34, 35, 46, 109
as celebrity, 221, 225, 237–38
childhood and youth of, 12, 13, 15, 27–49, 124
courtship and wedding of, 118–35, 138–42, 153, 154, 156, 157–59, 262
criticisms of, 179, 189, 197, 227, 254, 263–64
defeats for, 138, 191
differences between Michelle and, 15, 191–92, 300–301
early education of, 4, 10, 15, 32–33, 35, 36–37, 42–49, 50–52
family background of, 4, 126–27, 221
girlfriends/romances of, 56, 60, 106–7, 113
identity issues of, 44–47, 52–56, 58, 66, 109, 113, 114
image of, 4, 210–11, 248
intelligence of, 52
journals of, 59
Obama, Barack (cont.) leadership style of, 136
lifestyle of, 58–60
Michelle’s attraction to, 118–21
Michelle’s insights into, 133–35
naming of, 28
nicknames for, 48
as parent, 3, 4, 5, 8–10, 11, 181–82, 186, 209, 213, 224, 225, 234–36, 242–43, 248, 250, 251, 270–71, 287, 295
personal habits/shortcomings of, 176–77, 247–49
personality and character of, 5, 12, 15, 33, 36, 41, 42–43, 51–52, 54–55, 60–61, 63, 101, 106, 109, 114, 115–16, 117, 126, 127, 160, 181, 279–80, 294
as poet, 59, 163–64
reputation of, 138, 161, 230
safety of, 240–41, 246, 252
Secret Service code name for, 297
separation from family of, 228–29
sex appeal of, 204, 212–13, 220, 222–23, 258
similarities between Michelle and, 133–34, 301
social conscience of, 33, 54, 59
as speaker, 218
as “that one,” 276
voice of, 56
Washington-Chicago split of, 228–29
wedding of, 153, 154, 156, 157–59, 262
world view of, 56–57
as writer, 128–29, 130, 138–39, 149, 162–63, 194, 198
Obama, Barack, Sr. (father) Ann’s courtship and wedding to, 24–25
Ann’s divorce from, 29
Ann’s relationship with, 27, 28–29, 34–35, 40–41, 50
appearance of, 26
and Barack’s book, 168
and Barack’s first trip to Kenya, 113, 114
Barack’s relationship with, 28–29, 35, 40, 49, 50, 66
Barack’s views about, 66
childhood and youth of, 221
death of, 61
depression of, 49–50
drinking by, 39–40, 49–50, 61, 66, 134
education of, 23–25
family background of, 23
at Harvard, 28–29, 40
Hawaii visit by, 39–41
injuries of, 39, 40, 60
in Kenya, 39, 40, 49–50, 61, 134
marriages/families of, 24, 25–26, 29, 34–35, 41
and Michelle and Barack’s trip to Kenya, 156
and Michelle’s insights into Barack, 134
and Nidesand, 29
personality and character of, 23, 26–27, 30, 50
professional career of, 39–40
as role model, 34–35
speaks at Barack’s school, 40
at University of Hawaii, 23–25, 27, 28 voice of, 26, 50
Obama, David (half brother), 64
“Obama Express,” 286–87
“Obama Girl,” 258
Obama, Hussein Onyango (grandfather), 23, 24, 25
Obama, Jane (aunt), 60
Obama, Kezia (Obama senior’s wife), 24, 26, 29
Obama, Malia Ann (daughter) and Africa trip, 237
and Barack as parent, 11, 224, 225, 234–36, 251, 270–71, 287
and Barack’s Democratic National Convention speech, 216
and Barack’s inauguration, 287, 288, 289–90, 293
and Barack’s interest in running for President, 241
and Barack’s presidential election victory, 281, 282
and Barack’s swearing-in as U.S. Senator, 228
and Barack’s U.S. Senate campaign, 209, 213, 224, 225, 227
and Barack’s Washington-Chicago split, 229
birth of, 3, 185–86
dogs for, 244–45, 296
effects of Barack’s winning presidential election on, 242
gifts to, 235
Hawaii visit of, 4, 283
health of, 4, 245
and Michelle and Barack’s relationship, 187, 188, 301
and Michelle’s forty-fifth birthday, 286–87
and Obama family home, 233
personality and character of, 273
presidency comment by, 228
and Sasha’s birth, 193
and Sasha’s illness, 9
Secret Service code name for, 297
at Sidwell Friends School, 284, 285, 296
in Sunday School, 8
at tea in Buckingham Palace, 299
and Toot’s death, 278, 283
and Trinity Church, 202
and 2008 elections, 241, 242, 243, 244–45, 250, 251, 256–58, 270–71, 272, 280
at White House, 291, 292, 295–96
Obama, Michelle Robinson ambitions of, 93, 94, 97–98, 121
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