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vacations of, 8.1, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
vulnerability of
work ethic of, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 12.1
Obama, Natasha “Sasha,” 8, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
birth of, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
campaign and, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2
education of, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 15.1, epi.1
in meningitis scare, 8.1, 9.1
at sleepovers, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1
travel and vacations of, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
in White House, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1
Obamas, The (Kantor),
Occidental College, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Odom, Herbert
Of Thee I Sing (B. Obama),
Ogletree, Charles, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Ohio, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
O’Keeffe, Georgia
Olive Garden
One L (Turow), 5.1, 5.2
opportunity, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 10.1, 11.1
affirmative action and
Barack and, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
economic
equal, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 14.1
Harvard Law and, 5.1, 5.2
Michelle and, 5.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, epi.1
Orenstein, Bruce
Organization for Black Unity (OBU), 4.1, 4.2
Ortega-Hernandez, Oscar R.
overweight and obesity, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, epi.1
Palin, Sarah, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
Palmer, Alice, 8.1, 8.2
Palmer, Lu
Panichgul, Thakoon, 13.1, 13.2
Paper Chase, The (film), 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Parcell, Emily
Parker, Jabari
Parks, Rosa, 1.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1
Parkway Gardens Homes, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Partnership for a Healthier America, (PHA)
Patrick, Deval, 3.1, 5.1, 12.1, 14.1
patronage, 2.1, 6.1
Payne, Charles, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Pelosi, Nancy
Pendleton, Hadiya, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
Pennsylvania, in election of 2008, 11.1, 11.2
Pfeiffer, Dan
“Phenomenal Woman” (Angelou)
Philadelphia, Jacob
Philadelphia, Pa.
Phillips, Wendell
Plouffe, David, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 11.1, 11.2
Point du Sable, Jean-Baptiste
police, 4.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1
Chicago, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 11.1
politics, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1
Barack’s ambitions in, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Barack’s considering of exit from
in Chicago, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
compromise and
Michelle’s suspicions about, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1
racial, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
right-wing
poverty, the poor, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1
diet and
election of 2008 and
legal services and
summer camp and
working
Powell, Colin
Powell, Lewis
Powell, Michael
power, itr.1, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, epi.1
black, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
speaking truth to, 11.1, 13.1
style and
white
Powerbroker, The (documentary),
precinct captains, 2.1, 7.1, 10.1
prejudice, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 11.1
see also discrimination; segregation
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
Priebus, Reince
Princeton, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1, epi.1
black alumni of, 4.1, 4.2
black faculty at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Bowen’s address at
eating clubs at, 4.1, 4.2
Michelle’s dilemma at, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Michelle’s senior thesis at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.1, 11.1, 11.2
privilege and, 4.1, 5.1
racial issues at, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
Third World Center at, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Pritzker, Penny
Pritzker family
privilege, 5.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, 15.1
Harvard Law and, 5.1, 6.1
Princeton and, 4.1, 5.1
University of Chicago and, 7.1, 8.1
Problem We All Live With, The (Rockwell),
progress, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, epi.1
Barack’s view of
Bell’s view of, 5.1, 5.2
in Chicago, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1, 15.1
Project Vote, 7.1, 9.1
property:
damage to
ownership of, 1.1, 2.1
restrictions on ownership of, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
voting and
Public Allies, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 15.1, 15.2
public interest law, 5.1, 5.2
Pullman porters, 2.1, 2.2, 12.1
Qadhafi, Muammar
race, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Barack’s view of
Bowen’s address and
Frank Marshall Davis’s views on
election of 2008 and, 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
at Harvard
Michelle’s views of, itr.1, itr.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1
at Princeton, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
university admission and
University of Chicago and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
racism, itr.1, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1
affirmative action and
Bell’s views on
in Chicago, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 8.1
election of 2008 and, 10.1, 10.2
at Princeton
reverse
radio, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1
Rainbow Beach, 3.1, 3.2, 13.1
Raisin in the Sun, A (Hansberry), 1.1, 3.1
Rand, Ayn
Rashad, Phylicia
Rashid, Haroon
Reach Higher, 15.1, 15.2
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Ronald, 4.1, 5.1, 14.1
redistricting
redlining, 1.1, 2.1
Reed, Mary Hutchings
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Reid, Betty, 2.1, 2.2
Reid, Harry
religion, 4.1, 14.1, 15.1
Remnick, David
rents, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 9.1
Republican National Committee (RNC), 12.1, 13.1
Republican National Convention (2012), 14.1, 14.2
Republicans, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, epi.1
Barack’s Senate race and, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
in election of 2006
Republicans (continued)
in election of 2008, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5
in election of 2012, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
health care and, 13.1, 14.1
Michelle disliked by, 15.1, 15.2
obstruction by
tax cuts and
responsibility, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
Barack’s view of, 6.1, 9.1, 15.1, 15.2
black, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
“codes of,” 78
Michelle’s sense of, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
restaurants, 3.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 15.1
restrictive covenants, 1.1, 2.1, 8.1, 11.1
Revere, Elspeth
Reynolds, Mel
Rezko, Antoin “Tony,” 192
Rezko, Rita
Riordan,
Michael
riots, 2.1, 2.2
Roberts, Robin, 15.1, 15.2
Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ
Robeson, Paul, 1.1, 1.2
Robinson, Andrew, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1
Robinson, Avery
Robinson, Carlton
Robinson, Craig, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 15.1
on Barack, 6.1, 10.1
Barack’s campaign and, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
Barack’s presidential ambitions and, 10.1, 10.2
basketball and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2
childhood of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1
education of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2
family finances and, 3.1, 3.2
father’s death and
on father’s funeral
on Michelle, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 10.1, 12.1
Michelle’s wedding and
on mother’s move to White House
on politics
in White House
Robinson, Francesca, see Gray, Francesca Robinson
Robinson, Fraser C., Jr., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1
ambition of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1
apartment bought by
in army, 1.1, 1.2
death of
as disciplinarian
marital and family problems of, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1
Robinson, Fraser C., III, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1
in army, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
on Barack
Barack compared with
Barack’s campaign and
Barack’s reaction to, 6.1, 6.2
as Barack’s role model
birth of
death of, 2.1, 6.1
education of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1
family finances and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 6.1
as father, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1, 15.1
Jewell’s views on
jobs of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
marriage of, 2.1, 13.1
at Michelle’s graduation
multiple sclerosis of, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1, 10.1
as precinct captain, 2.1, 7.1
pride of, 3.1, 4.1
race and
South Shore move and
Sunday drives of
swimming of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Till’s death and
wife’s relationship with
Robinson, Jackie, 2.1, 13.1
Robinson, Janis
Robinson, John
Robinson, Kelly, 11.1, 12.1
Robinson, LaVaughn Johnson, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 11.1
apartment bought by
on Michelle
religion of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Robinson, Leslie
Robinson, Marian Shields, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2
on Barack, 6.1, 9.1
Barack’s campaign and
Barack’s presidential ambitions and
Barack’s reaction to, 6.1, 6.2
childhood of
children’s education and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1
competitiveness of
education of, 2.1, 2.2
family background of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
as grandmother, 2.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1
husband’s death and
husband’s relationship with
jobs of, 2.1, 3.1, 8.1, 9.1
marriage of, 2.1, 13.1
on Michelle, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1, 13.1
Michelle compared with
Michelle’s romances and
Princeton visits of
as stay-at-home mother, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 10.1
Sunday drives of
yoga of
Robinson, Michelle LaVaughn, see Obama, Michelle Robinson
Robinson, Nomenee, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 9.1, 15.1
education of
water plant job of
Rockefeller, John D.
Rockwell, Norman
Rodriguez, Narciso
Roe v. Wade
Rogers, Desiree, 12.1, 14.1
Rogers, John, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 15.1
Romney, Ann, 13.1, 14.1
Romney, Mitt, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
Roosevelt, Eleanor, itr.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 12.1, 14.1
Rove, Karl
Ruffin, Karen Jackson
Rules for Radicals (Alinsky),
Rush, Bobby, 2.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10.1
Rush, Huey, 8.1, 8.2
Russert, Tim
Ryan, George
Ryan, Jack
Ryan, Jeri
Ryan, Paul
Saks, Jane
Sam, Michael
Samuels, Allison
Sanders, Trooper, itr.1, 12.1, 12.2
Save America’s Treasures program
Sawyer, Eugene, 2.1, 7.1
Scalia, Antonin
Schake, Kristina
Schmidt, John
Schmitz, Paul, 7.1, 11.1
Schultz, Connie
Secret Service, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1
election of 2008 and, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1
segregation, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1
in army
in education, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2
in housing, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
Seidman, Ilene
Selma, Ala., 2.1, 2.2
Selma-to-Montgomery march, 4.1, 11.1
Senate, U.S., 7.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.1, epi.1
Barack in, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 14.1
Barack’s campaign for, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 11.1
Democratic loss in, 13.1, 13.2
Foreign Relations Committee of
Veterans Affairs Committee of
see also Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.
Sensenbrenner, James
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 14.1
Serve America Act (2009)
Sewell, Terri
sexism, 5.1, 13.1
sex scandals, 8.1, 9.1
Shareef, Omar, 9.1, 9.2
Sharpton, Al
Shelley v. Kraemer
Sher, Susan, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Shields, Annie
Shields, Charles Marion
Shields, Marian, see Robinson, Marian Shields
Shields, Melvinia
Shields, Purnell “Southside,” 27, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Shields, Rebecca Jumper, 2.1, 3.1
Shields, Robert Lee
Shields, Stephen, 10.1, 12.1
Shomon, Dan, 8.1, 8.2
Shriver, Maria
sickle-cell anemia
Sidley & Austin, 6.1, 6.2
Barack at, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1
Michelle at, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2
recruiting efforts of, 6.1, 6.2
Sidwell Friends, 13.1, 15.1
Silent Six, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 8.1
Simmons, Ruth, 4.1, 4.2
Sister Citizen (Harris-Perry),
sit-ins
slavery, slaves, itr.1, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 9.1, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
Jefferson and
Michelle’s family background in, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 14.1
U.S. founding documents and
White House and
social justice, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1
Soetero, Lolo
Soetero-Ng, Maya, 6.1, 8.1, 11.1
Sonnenschein, Hugo
Soronen, Peter
South Carolina, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 4.1
election of 2008 and, 3.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
Michelle in, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
South Carolina State University
Southern Christian Leadersh
ip Conference
South Shore Country Club, 3.1, 7.1, 8.1
South Side (Chicago), 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1
Barack’s organizing in, 6.1, 6.2
Barack’s returns to, 6.1, 6.2
Barack’s views of, 6.1, 6.2, 9.1
Black Belt of, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1
health care in
integration in
Lincoln Cemetery in
Michelle in, itr.1, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 15.1, epi.1, epi.2
neighborhood improvement in
politics and
University of Chicago relations with blacks in, 7.1, 8.1
Woodlawn in, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 7.1, 10.1, 14.1
“South Side Girl” (video)
Spain, 14.1, 14.2
Spalding, Esperanza
Speers, Samuel
Spiegel, 2.1, 3.1
Spiegel, M. J.
Spoelstra, Eric
spoken word performances
sports, 2.1, 3.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1
Springfield, Ill., 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1
Springsteen, Bruce
State Department, U.S.
states’ rights
Steiker, Carol
Steinem, Gloria
Stevens, John Paul
Stocker-Edwards, Stanley
Stone, Geoffrey
stop and frisk
Stuckey, Sterling
student loans, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 14.1
Sullivan, Julie, 7.1, 8.1
summer camp, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 13.1
Sununu, John
Superville, Darlene, 14.1, 14.2
Supreme Court, U.S., 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8.1, 13.1, 15.1
affirmative action and
Affordable Care Act and, 14.1, 14.2
Bork nominated to
Sussman, Arthur
Swarns, Rachel, 1.1, 3.1, 14.1, 14.2
Talbott, Madeline, 7.1, 8.1
Task Force on Childhood Obesity
taxes, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 12.1, 14.1
Taylor, Howard
Tea Party, 13.1, 14.1
television, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1
anti-Barack cause on
Barack dream on
gay rights and
healthy eating and fitness on
Michelle’s clothes on, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
political advertising on
terrorism, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 14.1
Terry, Robbie Shields, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1
Terry, William, 2.1, 3.1
tests, testing, 4.1, 15.1
Michelle’s problems with, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
Thomas, Alma
Thomas, Clarence
Thomas, Jacquelyn
Thomas, Roscoe
Thompson, Krissah, 14.1, 14.2
Till, Emmett, 1.1, 11.1
Todd, Chuck
Toledo, Isabel
Toledo, Ruben
Tomer, Mary
Torbert, Ronald
Traister, Rebecca
Transportation Department, U. S