aHey, donat touch the afro!a: Soetoro-Ng interview with author, August 2004.
aOn the basketballa,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aI used to knowa,a: Dunham interview with author, August 2004.
adabbled in drugsa,a: Obama discussion with author, February 2004.
aThis was reallya,a: Dunham interview with author, August 2004.
aJust call me Barrya,a: Eric Kusunoki interview with author, August 2004.
aI recall his sincerea,a: Chris McLachlin interview with author, August 2004.
aI got into a fighta,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aThereas still somethinga,a: Julian Green discussion with author, October 2004.
aHe would have beena,a: Arne Duncan interview with author, January 2006.
aI recall thata,a: Suzanne Maurer interview with author, October 2004.
aWe agreeda,a: Ibid.
CHAPTER 4: THE MAINLAND.
aIall admita,a: Dunham interview with author, October 2004.
achildhood dreama: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aIt could seema,a: Soetoro-Ng interview with author, October 2004.
aWeare disenfranchiseda,a: Dunham interview with author, October 2004.
aJust an all-arounda,a: Obama discussion with author, October 2004.
aMayaas justa,a: Nora Moreno-Cargie discussion with author, October 2004.
aI just lovea,a: Ibid.
aHawaii has ideasa,a: Soetoro-Ng interview with author, October 2004.
aShe just didnata,a: Ibid.
aAt best, thesea,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aThey werenat defineda,a: Ibid.
aCalifornia blacksa,a: Don Terry discussion with author, November 2003.
aObama is aa,a: Scott Fornek discussion with author, February 2004.
aWhen we ground outa,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aI noticed that peoplea,a: Ibid.
aThe schoolsa,a: Obama discussion with author, February 2004.
aHe seemed to have gottena,a: Dunham interview with author, October 2004.
aMoving to the mainlanda,a: Soetoro-Ng interview with author, October 2004.
aDo you minda,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aput down stakesa,a; Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aI had twoa,a: Obama interview with author, August 2005.
aBarack put himselfa,a: Green interview with author, November 2004.
aMy philosophya,a: Roger Boesche interview with author, June 2005.
aNietzsche callsa,a: Ibid.
aI knew thataa, aThere were people whoaa, and aThose two yearsa,a: Obama interview with author, August 2005.
aI would imagine myself asa,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aCould this bea,a: Jerry Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
CHAPTER 5: THE ORGANIZER.
aOne of the thingsa,a and aAll I hada,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
Roseland material adapted from aRich 90s Failed to Lift All,a Chicago Tribune, David Mendell/Darnell Little, August 2002.
Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky (New York: Random House, 1971).
aOnce I found an issuea,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aIt wasnat untila,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aThe first daya,a: Jeremiah Wright interview with author, November 2006.
adisastera,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aIam here to doa,a and aBaby Face,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aHe was oura,a: Callie Smith interview with author, October 2004.
aJerry Kellman isa,a: Obama interview with author, August 2006.
aBarack wanted to servea,a and Kellman material: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aSo I figureda,a: Obama interview with author, August 2006.
aI came to realizea,a: Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (New York: Crown, 2006).
aTrying to holda,a and Wright material: Wright interview with author, November 2006.
aItas a great booka,a: Obama interview with author, August 2006.
aFaith to hima,a: Wright interview with author, November 2006.
aslumbering gianta,a and continuing quotation: Barack Obama, aAfter Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois,a Illinois Issues, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1990.
CHAPTER 6: HARVARD.
aAinat nothing gonnaa,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aEverywhere black peoplea,a: Ibid.
aI just canata,a: t.i.tcomb interview with author, October 2004.
aHe was maturea,a: Michael Froman interview with author, January 2007.
Some Harvard material from aIn Law School, Obama Found Political Voice,a Jodi Kantor, New York Times, January 2007.
acommand centrea,a: aPinkos and Pistols,a The Economist, April 2002.
Laurence Tribe material: Kantor, New York Times, January 2007.
aBut you know, oncea,a: Ca.s.sandra b.u.t.ts interview with author, December 2006.
aDiversity is enrichinga,a: aThe Rudeness of Race,a Chicago Tribune Magazine, February 11, 1996.
aYou know, whether wearea,a: b.u.t.ts interview with author, December 2006.
aConservatives and libertariansa,a: The Federalist Society mission statement, 1982.
awas populated byawould-bea,a: Brad Berenson quoted in aIn Law School,a Kantor, New York Times, January 2007.
aBarack always floateda,a and aHe did show greata,a: Berenson interview with author, January 2007.
aOn the Law Reviewa,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aHe wanted to be mayora,a: b.u.t.ts interview with author, December 2006.
CHAPTER 7: SWEET HOME CHICAGO.
aHe sounded too gooda,a and aI thoughta,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, January 2004.
athis kind of stabilitya: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aWe always feltaa and aDad saida,a: Craig Robinson interview with author, November 2005.
aI call hima,a and aI told hima,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, January 2004.
, 100, 101 aMy mom and Ia,a aHe was talla,a aBarackas gamea,a and aBarack was likea,a: Robinson interview with author, November 2005.
aBarack treateda,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, January 2004.
aIf you are biraciala,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aThere are timesa,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aWhat I noticea,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama quoted in aHer Plan Went Awry, But Mich.e.l.le Obama Doesnat Mind,a Ca.s.sandra West, Chicago Tribune, September 2004.
aYou always thinka,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
aLeave your namea,a: Judson Miner quoted in aObama Got Start in Civil Rights Practice,a Mike Robinson, a.s.sociated Press, February 2007.
aThe courts area,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.