Yes We Can

"Yes We Can "

I have a Dream

Dr. Martin Luther King --- image by Clay Wright ---

January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

"Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allowfreedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

From a speech given on August 28th, 1963 from the steps of the Licoln Memorial in Washington DC, during a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

2008- It came True

Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. They didn't have much money, but they taught him values from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. He took out loans to put himself through school. After college, he worked for Christian churches in Chicago, helping communities devastated when steel plants closed.

Obama turned down lucrative job offers after law school to return to Chicago, leading a successful voter registration drive. He joined a small law firrm, taught constitutional law and, guided by his Christian faith, stayed active in his community. Obama and his wife Michelle are proud parents of two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

Favorite Music: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Johann Sebastian Bach (cello suites), and The Fugees

Favorite Movies: Casablanca, Godfather I & II, Lawrence of Arabia and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Favorite Books: Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison), Moby Dick, Shakespeare's Tragedies, Parting the Waters, Gilead (Marilynne Robinson), Self-Reliance (Emerson), The Bible, Lincoln's Collected Writings

Favorite Quotes: "The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." (MLK)

Education Info: Occidental '83, Columbia '83 Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations, Harvard '91 Law

His Grandparents

President & Vice President

Gender: Male
Relationship Status: Married to
Michelle Obama
Birthday: August 4, 1961
Religious Views: Christian
Interests: Basketball, writing, spending time w/ kids
Favorite Music: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder,
Johann Sebastian Bach (cello suites), and The Fugees
Favorite Movies: Casablanca, Godfather I & II, Lawrence of Arabia and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Books: Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison), Moby Dick,
Shakespeare's Tragedies, Parting the Waters, Gilead (Robinson), Self-Reliance (Emerson), The Bible, Lincoln's Collected Writings
Favorite TV Shows: Sportscenter
Favorite Quotations: "The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends
towards justice." (MLK)

Work Info

Employer:United States SenatePosition:SenatorTime Period:January 2005 - Present
Education Info
Grad School:Harvard '91
Law
Colleges:Columbia '83
Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations
Occidental '83

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