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Barack Obama

 

Barack Obama’s election to Presidential office redefined the relationship between race and politics in the United States, catapulting the young politician to instant star status. It is hardly a surprise, then, that his political biography, “The Audacity of Hope” quickly achieved bestseller status as readers across generations and party lines flocked to find out more about the man who defied all odds and achieved the seemingly impossible. With a focus on bipartisanship and consensus-making, the President’s books, alongside his other bestselling book “Dreams From My Father” resonated deeply with large sectors of the electorate, demonstrating the political clout that President Obama found himself commanding.

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