We are the change we seek
Subtitle: the speeches of Barack Obama
By: edited by E.J. Dionne Jr. and Joy-Ann Reid
Contributors: Dionne, E. J., Jr. editor; Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena, editor
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781632869463
Subjects: Politics and government; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Work titles: Speeches
Description: Barack Obama's political life can be chronicled through a series of major addresses in which he spoke to the nation with a voice uniquely his own. His 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Let us March"; title: "What I am opposed to is a dumb war" : Speech Against the Iraq War, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2002; title: "The Audacity of Hope" : Speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 27, 2004; title: "How Far We've Come" : Remarks at John Lewis's 65th Birthday Gala, February 21, 2005; title: "We cannot abandon the field of religious discourse" : Keynote Address at the Call to Renewal Conference, Washington, D.C., June 28, 2006; title: "What's next for America?" : Speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Des Moines, IA, November 10, 2007; title: "Yes We Can" : New Hampshire Primary Concession Speech, Nashua, NH, January 8, 2008; title: "A More Perfect Union" : Speech at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, March 18, 2008; title: "Change Happens" : Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO, August 28, 2008; title: "This is your victory" : Election Night Victory Speech, Chicago, IL, November 4, 2008; title: "A new era of responsibility" : First Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., January 21, 2009; title: "Open hearts. Open Minds. Fair-minded words" : Remarks at Notre Dame Commencement, South Bend, IN, May 17, 2009; title: "A New Beginning" : Remarks at Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009; title: "A Happy Warrior" : Eulogy for Senator Ted Kennedy, Boston, MA, August 29, 2009; title: "A Just and Lasting Peace" : Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009; title: "Justice Has Been Done" : Remarks on Osama Bin Laden, Washington, DC, May 2, 2011; title: "I am here to say they are wrong" : Remarks on the Economy, Osawatomie, KS, December 6, 2011; title: "Newtown, you are not alone" : Remarks at Sandy Hook Interfaith Prayer Vigil, Newtown, CT, December 16, 2012; title: "We, the people..." : Second Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., January 21, 2013; title: "Now we need to finish the job" : 2013 State of the Union Address, Washington, D.C., February 12, 2013; title: "Trayvon Martin ... could have been my son.'" : Remarks on Trayvon Martin, Washington, D.C., July 19, 2013; title: "Put on Love" : Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., February 5, 2015; title: "For we were born of change" : Speech Marking the 50th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," Selma, AL, March 7, 2015; title: "Amazing Grace" : Remarks in Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Charleston, SC, June 26, 2015; title: "A World that is Worthy of Our Children" : Remarks at the First Session of COP21, Paris, France, November 30, 2015; title: "You see, change requires more than righteous anger" : Remarks at Howard University Commencement Ceremony, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2016; title: "We must go forward" : Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, New York City, NY, September 20, 2016.