Scott x sparks biography of barack obama
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Eloquence and literary power make President Obama one of the nation’s great orators
Moments after he was elected as the country’s first black president in , Barack Obama stepped on a Chicago stage and mingled poetry with optimism, praising Americans who were not afraid to “put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.”
Whether as candidate or president, Obama knew it came down to words, the way they spun and gathered, lifted and fell on precise beats with restrained flourish. From the moment he electrified the Democratic National Convention in until his farewell address Tuesday night, his speeches streamed from an eloquent inner voice that could lay bare the vestiges of racism and mourn with a nation stricken by gun violence and the graves of children.
Obama’s legislative legacy may be in jeopardy from President-elect Donald Trump, but the grace of his prose will endure. A gifted writer, Obama understood the power of words to elicit
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, ) is an American politician who served as the 44thpresident of the United States of America from to Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the presidential election and was re-elected president in November A member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he was the first mulatto president. Before becoming president, he represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from to and served as United States senator from Illinois between January 4, and November 16, While president, he was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- See also his books:
- Dreams from My Father ()
- The Audacity of Hope ()
- A Promised Land ()
Quotes
[edit]- My confidence in our shared future is grounded in my respect for India’s treasured past—a civilization that has been shaping the world for thousands of years. Indians unlocked the intricacies of the human body and the vastness
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First inauguration of Barack Obama
56th United States presidential inauguration
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, , at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The 56th inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in the city, marked the commencement of the first begrepp of Barack Obama as president and Joe Biden as vice president. Based on combined attendance numbers, television viewership, and Internet traffic, it was the most viewed inauguration since that of Ronald Reagan in
"A New Birth of Freedom", a phrase from the Gettysburg Address, served as the inaugural theme to commemorate the year anniversary of the birth year of President Abraham Lincoln. In his speeches to the crowds, Obama referred to ideals expressed bygd Lincoln about renewal, continuity, and national unity. Obama mentioned these ideals in his speech to stress the need for shared sacrifice a