Barack Obama discusses his book, “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.” Obama shares his family’s background and its influence in his life. He tells of his mother’s emphasis of instilling a strong African and African American self-image and his father’s struggles of bridging a traditional African society with a “modern” age. Obama then discusses his reasons for becoming a community organizer and his desire to bring disparate stands in America together. He continues by stating that progress can come from the grassroots and community level.

• Andrei Codrescu
• Steve Erickson
• Connie Martinson