We are the change we seek : The speeches of Barack Obama

We are the change we seek The speeches of Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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Subjects
Obama, Barack.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Published
New York, NY : Bloomsbury USA 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Barack Obama (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xxviii, 337 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781632869463
  • Introduction: "Let Us March"
  • "What I Am Opposed to Is a Dumb War" Speech against the Iraq War Chicago, IL, October 2, 2002
  • "The Audacity of Hope" Keynote- Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention Boston, MA, July 27, 2004
  • "How Far We've Come" Remarks at John Lewis's Sixty-fifth Birthday Gala Atlanta, GA, February 21, 2005
  • "We Cannot Abandon the Field of Religious Discourse" Keynote Address at the Call to Renewal Conference Washington, D.C., June 28, 2006
  • "What's Next for America?" Speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Des Moines, IA, November 10, 2007
  • "Yes, We Can" New Hampshire Primary Concession Speech Nashua, N.H., January 8, 2008
  • "A More Perfect Union" Speech at the National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA, March 18, 2008
  • "Change Happens" Acceptance Speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention Denver, CO, August 28, 2008
  • "This Is Your Victory" Election Night Victory Speech Chicago, IL, November 4, 2008
  • "A New Era of Responsibility" First Inaugural Address Washington, D.C., January 20, 2009
  • "Open Hearts. Open Minds. Fair-minded Words." Remarks at Notre Dame Commencement South Bend, IN, May 17, 2009
  • "A New Beginning" Remarks at Cairo University Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009
  • "The Happy Warrior" Eulogy for Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy Boston, MA, August 29, 2009
  • "A Just and Lasting Peace" Nobel Peace Prize Lecture Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009
  • "Justice Has Been Done" Remarks on Osama bin Laden Washington, D.C., May 2, 2011
  • "I Am Here to Say They Are Wrong" Remarks on the Economy Osawatomie, KS, December 6, 2011
  • "Newtown, You Are Not Alone" Remarks at Sandy Hook Interfaith Prayer Vigil Newtown, CP, December 16, 2012
  • "We, the People..." Second Inaugural Address Washington, D.C., January 21, 2013
  • "Now We Need to Finish the Job" 2013 State of the Union Address Washington, D.C., February 12, 2013
  • "Trayvon Martin... Could Have Been My Son" Remarks on Tray von Martin Washington, D.C., July 19, 2013
  • "Put on Love" Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast Washington, D.C., February 5, 2015
  • "For We Were Born of Change" Remarks on the Fiftieth Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" Selma, AL, March 7, 2015
  • "Amazing Grace" Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015
  • "A World That Is Worthy of Our Children" Remarks at the First Session of COP21 Paris, France, November 30, 2015
  • "You See, Change Requires More Than Righteous Anger" Remarks at Howard University Commencement Washington, D.C., May 7, 2016
  • "We Must Go Forward" Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly New York City, NY, September 20, 2016
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
Review by Choice Review

This is a volume of 27 speeches selected from the hundreds President Barack Obama gave from 2002-17. Some will be familiar. "The Audacity of Hope," given at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, is one of those. It served as the introduction to Obama for many Americans. "Change Happens," his acceptance speech at the 2008 DNC, is another speech many may recall hearing. Both of Obama's inaugural addresses are included. This collection contains at least three speeches given by Obama in his role as mourner-in-chief. They include the remarks Obama made in Newtown, CT, during a prayer vigil for those massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School; remarks made in the Rose Garden about the slaying of Trayvon Martin; and his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney and eight of his parishioners. This collection includes Obama's speech celebrating the 65th birthday of US Congressman John Lewis while walking America through the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s. Fittingly, the final speech selected is Obama's "Farewell Address," delivered just ten days before he left office. Summing Up: Optional. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --William K. Hall, Bradley University

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