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as smoker, 129–30
Upchurch’s resemblance to, 87
wedding of, 74
Robinson, Fraser, Jr. (Michelle’s grandfather), 76, 78
Robinson, Fraser, Sr. (Michelle’s great-grandfather), 75–76
Robinson, Gabriel (Michelle’s great-uncle), 75, 76
Robinson, Jim (Michelle’s great-great-grandfather), 75
Robinson, LaVaughn (Michelle’s grandmother), 76, 78
Robinson, Marian Shields (Michelle’s mother)
appearance of, 82
Robinson, Marian Shields (cont.) and Barack as president of Harvard Law Review, 137
Barack first meets, 124–25, 126
and Barack’s ambitions, 131
and Barack’s family background, 126–27, 131
and Barack’s inauguration, 287, 288, 289
and Barack’s presidential campaign, 250, 280–81, 282
Barack’s Thanksgiving visit with, 130–31, 134
as caring for Obama family, 9, 10, 199, 241, 250, 285–86
Chicago home of, 78, 79
and family finances, 88, 89, 120
and importance of education, 79
jobs of, 74, 89
and Malias name, 185
Michelle and Barack live with, 159
and Michelle and Barack starting a family, 177
and Michelle and Barack’s relationship, 5, 6, 8, 187
and Michelle and Barack’s wedding, 154, 157
and Michelle as child and youth, 78, 79–80, 81, 82, 83, 86–87, 88
and Michelle at Harvard Law School, 68, 97
and Michelle in high school, 86
and Michelle’s ambitions, 219
and Michelle’s boyfriends, 86, 98, 118
Michelle’s relationship with, 8, 93, 181, 187, 229, 241, 286
as parent, 79–80, 81, 134
personality and character of, 82, 125
and race issues, 73, 77
and religion, 78
retirement of, 250
as smoker, 129–30
wedding of, 74
at White House, 285, 297
Robinson, Rosella Cohen (great-great-grandmother), 76
Robinson, Steve (Michelle’s uncle), 280
Rodkin, Loree, 292
Rogers, John, Sr., 151
Rogers, John W., Jr., 151
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 300, 301
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 196, 293, 300, 301
Roses and Thorns game, 296
Rove, Karl, 298
Rucker-Whitaker, Cheryl, 297
Rudd, Jean, 164, 180
Rush, Bobby, 4, 5, 7, 188–91, 192, 201, 226
Rush, Huey, 190, 191
Russert, Tim, 238
Ryan, George, 4
Ryan, Jack, 213–14, 226
Saguaro Seminar, 193
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Inauguration Day prayer service at, 289
Saltzman, Bettylu, 156, 203
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 270
Sasha Bruce House (teen shelter), Obama visit to, 287–88
Schultz, Connie, 239
Schwan, Donna, 232
Seale, Bobby, 111
Seattle, Washington, Dunham family in, 18–22
Sebelius, Kathleen, 272
Senate, Illinois and campaign finance reform, 179
and gun control legislation, 190
and Obama as Senator, 4, 178–80, 186, 190, 192, 194, 207, 215–16, 228
Obama’s campaign for, 8, 169–71, 173–75
and redrawing of districts, 194
Republican control of, 178–79
Senate, U.S. Obama’s campaign for, 196–98, 200, 202–4, 207–9, 222–23, 224–27
and Obamas political ambitions, 167, 240
and Osama-Obama curse, 195
Republican control of, 214
swearing-in of Obama for, 227–28, 279
September 11, 2001, 10–11, 194, 201, 264
Serdiuk, Claire, 224
Shepherd, Sherri, 268
Sher, Susan, 147, 200
Shomon, Dan, 120, 180, 187, 188, 195–96, 197, 212
Shriver, Maria, 259
Siddiqi, Sohale “Hal,” 57–60, 61, 62
Sidley & Austin and Barack and Michelle’s attraction to each other, 118–19, 120–21, 127–28
Dohrn at, 164
Michelle’s early years with, 97–98, 135
Michelle’s job offer from, 97
Michelle’s resignation from, 146, 149
Michelle’s responsibilities at, 118, 119, 120–21, 128, 140, 161
Michelle’s summer jobs at, 94, 97
and Obama as president of Harvard Law Review, 137
Obama’s job offer from, 141, 145–46
Obama’s summer job at, 118–19, 122
as source for Obama contacts, 161
Sidwell Friends School, 284–85
Signator, Mike, 215
Simon & Schuster, 138, 149, 162
60 Minutes, Obama interview on, 247
Smith, Michael, 294
smoking, by Obama, 49, 59–60, 119, 129–30, 134, 135, 159, 177, 211, 244, 245, 247, 260, 278, 300
Soetoro, Lolo (stepfather), 30–36, 42, 113
Soetoro, Maya (half sister) and Ann-Lolo breakup, 42
Ann’s dedication in dissertation to, 154
and Ann’s illness/death, 172, 173
and Barack as writer, 164
and Barack’s book, 165, 166
and Barack’s inauguration, 289
Barack’s relationship with, 62
and Barack’s return to school in Hawaii, 37
and Barack’s romantic relationships, 60
and Barack’s swearing-in as U.S. Senator, 228
birth of, 34
Chicago visit by, 103
childhood and youth of, 37, 42, 43, 44
and family religion, 35–36
in Hawaii, 42, 43
and Michelle and Barack’s honeymoon in California, 159
at Michelle and Barack’s wedding, 157
Michelle first meets, 131–34
and Obama senior and Ann’s relationship, 41
and Obama’s presidential election victory, 281–82
return to Indonesia of, 44
and Toot’s death, 277–78, 281–82, 283
views about Ann of, 36, 38
Soetoro, Stanley Ann Dunham “Ann.” See Obama, Stanley Ann Dunham “Ann” Sotomayor, Sonia, 299–300
Souter, David, 299
South Africa, 55–56, 91, 108, 201
South Carolina, Michelle’s childhood visits to, 78–79
South Shore Cultural Center (Chicago, Illinois), Michelle and Barack’s wedding reception at, 158
Spiaggia (Chicago restaurant), 282
Spielberg, Steven, 294
Spurell, Christine, 116, 117
Starks, Robert, 174
Stenhouse, Iona, 19
Stenhouse, John, 19–20
Stephanopoulos, George, 193
Stevenson, Adlai, 20
student loans, Barack and Michelle’s, 6, 89, 97, 148–49, 162, 175, 191, 232
Sudan Obama’s comments about, 236
See also Darfur Sugini, Cecelia, 33
Sukoco, Bambang, 31
Sutton, Percy, 111
Talley, André Leon, 284
terrorism, 201
“terrorist fist-jab,” 267, 268
Thanksgiving, Barack’s visit to Robinsons on, 130–31, 134
Thummalapally, Vinai, 53–55, 141
Time magazine Michelle’s interview with, 299
Obama articles in, 254, 266–67
Obama on cover of, 239, 266
Times Books, 162, 166, 231
Titcomb, Bobby, 42, 43
Traubert, Bryan, 203
Treehouse Foods, 232, 246
Tribe, Laurence, 114–16, 117
congregation of, 109, 110–11, 167, 238
Michelle and Barack’s wedding at, 157–58
Moss as pastor of, 264
Obama family as members of, 8, 202, 207
Obama family resigns from, 264–65
Obama joins, 108, 111
Pfleger sermon at, 264–65
reputation of, 109
Wright as pastor of, 7–8, 108, 109–10, 112, 201–2, 206–7, 258, 264
Trotter, Donne, 4, 179
Truman, Harry, 259, 285
Tumulty, Karen, 254
“Underground” (Obama poem), 163
Underwood, Blair, 138
University of Chicago Ann’s application for job at, 22
Jarrett as professor at, 148
Michelle’s job with, 178, 186, 187, 199
Michelle’s panel discussion of Ayers’ book at, 166
neighborhood perceptions of, 178, 187
and Obama’s political ambitions, 178, 188
University of Chicago Hospitals, Michelle’s job with, 199–200, 231–32, 246
University of Chicago Lab School, Malia and Sasha at, 229, 282
University of Chicago Law School, Obama as lecturer at, 4, 7, 11, 160, 181
University of Chicago Medical Center, 9, 185
University of Hawaii Ann as student at, 22, 30, 42
Obama senior at, 23–25, 27, 28
University of Washington, 22, 88
Upchurch, David, 87
Urban League, 84
vice presidency, 271–72
The View (TV program), Michelle on, 267–69
Vogue magazine, Michelle on cover of, 297
Wal-Mart, 232, 246
Wall, Chip, 19, 20
Walters, Barbara, 268
Wambu, Muthoni, 223–24
war, Obama’s views about, 205
Warren, Rick, 290
Washington, D.C., Obama’s “single” life in, 228–29
Washington, Harold, 103, 111, 130, 156, 161, 170
“We Are One” concert, 287
Weather Underground, 164–65
Werner, Josef, 278
White Cloud, Michigan, Robinson family vacations in, 80
White House Michelle and Barack’s relationship in, 299
Michelle and Barack’s tours of, 282–83, 293
Michelle’s redecorating of, 293–94
Obama family at, 291–301
Obama’s first formal function at, 297
White, Quincy, 97–98
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (Chicago, Illinois), Michelle at, 84–86, 87, 88
Wichterman, Jim, 20
Wilkins, David B., 95–96
will.i.am, 254
Williams, Verna, 95, 96, 128
Winfrey, Oprah, 109, 110, 167, 237, 238–39, 254–55, 259, 276, 281, 287
Wolf, Arnold Jacob, 171
Wonder, Stevie, 34, 43, 59, 251, 287, 298
Wood, Diane, 299
Woods Fund, 164, 193
Wright, Bruce, 71
Wright, Jeremiah at Black Caucus weekends, 204
childhood and youth of, 107
comments about Clinton (Hillary) of, 258, 262
education of, 107–8
and Farrakhan, 109–10
“God Damn America” speech of, 206–7, 262
hope sermon of, 111–12, 222, 246
and Iraq, 205
and Michelle and Barack’s relationship, 7–8
and Michelle and Obama’s wedding, 157, 158, 262
Michelle’s attachment to, 168
as Michelle’s counselor, 7–8
Michelle’s defense of, 262, 264
and Michelle’s roots in Chicago, 120
and Million Man March, 172
9/11 sermon of, 201–2
and Obama as community organizer in Chicago, 107, 108
Obama’s baptism by, 112
and Obama’s book, 167
and Obama’s political ambitions, 147, 167, 191, 197, 210
and Obama’s presidential campaign, 246–47, 252, 258, 261–63, 264, 279
Obama’s relationship with, 8, 109, 111–12, 117–18, 167, 192, 202, 246, 262, 265, 298
and Obama’s swearing-in as U.S. Senator, 228
professional career of, 107
reputation of, 110
retirement of, 264
speaking talents of, 201, 202
views about United States of, 109–10, 112, 167, 201–2, 206–7, 246, 264
as White House visitor, 298
Wu, Jason, 292
Wurzelbacher, Samuel J. “Joe the Plumber,” 277
“Yes We Can” slogan, 210, 211–12, 254
Young, Quentin, 161
Zane, Julie, 50
Zane, Pake, 26, 27, 50
Zurbuchen, Mary, 38, 132
About the Author
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSEN is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-eight books, which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages worldwide. A former contributing editor of Time magazine and senior editor of People magazine, Andersen has also written hundreds of articles for a wide range of publications, including Life magazine, the New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
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