We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama
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A collection of Barack Obama&apos;s greatest speeches, now including his farewell address, selected and introduced by columnist E.J. Dionne and MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid. "It is a political partisan&apos;s dream to see them [Obama&apos;s words] so finely gathered here." - Washington Post We Are the Change We Seek is a collection of Barack Obama&apos;s 27 greatest addresses: beginning with his 2002 speech opposing the Iraq War and closing with his emotional farewell address in Chicago in January 2017. As president, Obama&apos;s words had the power to move the country, and often the world, as few presidents before him. Whether acting as Commander in Chief or Consoler in Chief, Obama adopted a unique rhetorical style that could simultaneously speak to the national mood and change the course of public events. Obama&apos;s eloquence, both written and spoken, propelled him to national prominence and ultimately made it possible for the son of a Kenyan man and a white woman from Kansas to become the first black president of the United States. These speeches span Obama&apos;s career--from his time in state government through to the end of his tenure as president--and the issues most important to our time: war, inequality, race relations, gun violence and human rights. The book opens with an essay placing Obama&apos;s oratorical contributions within the flow of American history by E.J. Dionne Jr., columnist and author of Why The Right Went Wrong , and Joy Reid, the host of AM Joy on MSNBC and author of Fracture.


Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1st edition (January 31, 2017)
Publication date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
File size: 799 KB
Text to Speech: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
X Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
Print length: 367 pages