"Deprived of access to literacy": Gates, Bearing Witness Bearing Witness, p. 4.

He reads histories by Will Durant: Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 178.

In Soul on Ice Soul on Ice: Cleaver, Soul on Ice Soul on Ice, p. 31.

Claude Brown told an audience: Gates, Bearing Witness Bearing Witness, p. 4.

Even Sammy Davis, Jr.: Davis, Yes I Can Yes I Can, p. 63.

"Barack is who he says he is": Wolffe, Renegade Renegade, p. 156.

He signals his awareness: Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. xvi.

While the book is based on his journals: Ibid., p. xvii.

W. E. B. DuBois set a standard: Du Bois, The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois, p. 12.

When the young Frederick Dougla.s.s: Dougla.s.s, Autobiographies Autobiographies, p. 60.

"Of my ancestry": Washington, Up from Slavery Up from Slavery, p. 1.

Obama's reading of black memoirists: Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. 85.

"His repeated acts of self-creation": Ibid., p. 86.

Obama was disturbed: Ibid.

"We're all black to the white man": Malcolm X, Autobiography of Malcolm X Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 206.

Obama, who has been raised: Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. 286.

As Obama writes: Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. xvi.

Veteran residents of the building: Jennifer 8 Lee, New York Times Times, January 30, 2008.

Obama places himself: Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. 3.

His "kindred spirit": Ibid., p. 5.

As he is cooking his eggs: Ibid.

When Obama writes a new preface: Ibid., p. xi.

When he is writing about: Ibid., p. 18.

His mother, Ann: Ibid., p. 20.

"Racism was part of that past": Ibid., p. 21.

Obama is also wise to Hawaii: Ibid., p. 23.

In Chapter 2 Chapter 2, he recalls a day: Ibid., p. 28.

During the Presidential campaign: Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune Tribune, March 25, 2007.

The scene cannot help: Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 54.

"My mother's confidence": Obama, Dreams from My Father Dreams from My Father, p. 50.

When they would talk: Ibid., p. 80.

Poignantly, Obama: Ibid., p. xv.

"We were in G.o.dd.a.m.ned Hawaii": Ibid., p. 82.

"As it was, I learned to slip": Ibid.

Chapter 5, which covers: Ibid., p. 92.

He is reminded again: Ibid., p. 99.

The role model who shocks: Ibid., p. 104.

"Then, as if the sight": Ibid., p. 178.

"I tried to imagine": Ibid., p. 183.

but he worries: Ibid., p. 203.

In New York, he tells us: Ibid., p. 210.

As he sits in the pews: Ibid., p. 294.

He is a "Westerner": Ibid., p. 301.

On the road between Madrid: Ibid., p. 303.

"For the first time in my life": Ibid., p. 305.

"All of this while a steady procession": Ibid., p. 311.

When she tells a story: Ibid., p. 215.

"I felt as if my world": Ibid., p. 220.

Sitting with his relatives: Ibid., p. 318.

"It was a savage scene": Ibid., p. 356.

Would a British officer: Ibid., p. 368.

"First there was Miwiru": Ibid., p. 394.

Onyango, Sarah tells him: Ibid., p. 398.

Soon, the white man's presence: Ibid.

"This was it, I thought to myself": Ibid., p. 427.

"Standing before the two graves": Ibid.

"For a long time I sat": Ibid., p. 429.

A history teacher named Rukia Odero: Ibid., p. 433.

In the words of the Declaration of Independence: Ibid., p. 437.

"To a happy ending": Ibid., p. 442.

At Eso Won Books: Robert Draper, "Barack Obama's Work in Progress," GQ GQ, November 2009.

His biographer Edmund Morris: Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, p. x.x.xiii.

"Motives of delicacy": Marshall, The Life of George Washington, Volume 2 The Life of George Washington, Volume 2, p. 136.

"People went by, and he took no account": Howells, The Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin The Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, p. 31.

"American campaign biographies": Jill Lepore, "Bound for Glory," The New Yorker The New Yorker, October 20, 2008.

Obama himself admitted: Janny Scott, New Y York Times Times, May 18, 2008.

For instance, Cashill wrote: Jack Cashill, American Thinker American Thinker, June 28, 2009.

A writer for the National Review's National Review's popular blog popular blog: Andy McCarthy, The Corner The Corner, October 11, 2008.

Writing elevated a slave from non-being: Andrews, African-American Autobiography African-American Autobiography, p. 9.

In Frederick Dougla.s.s's narrative: Dougla.s.s, Autobiographies Autobiographies, p. 217.

"Mr. Dougla.s.s has very properly": Ibid., p. 7.

Chapter Seven: Somebody n.o.body Sent.

"So he tested these truths": Bellow, Dean's December Dean's December, p. 165.

He appeared in court: Abdon Pallasch, Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times, December 17, 2007.

"I was one of the better writers": Ibid.

A number of progressive groups: Ibid.

When, during the Presidential campaign: Jodi Kantor, New Y York Times Times, July 30, 2008.

During the Presidential campaign: Larissa MacFarquhar, "The Conciliator," The New Yorker The New Yorker, May 7, 2007.

In his memoir, Livin' the Blues Livin' the Blues: Davis, Livin' the Blues Livin' the Blues, p. 332.

In 1990, one of Rezko's vice-presidents: Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times, April 23, 2007.

Obama did not do much real-estate work: Ibid.

The work was so dull: Don Terry, Chicago Tribune Magazine Tribune Magazine, July 27, 2008.

In July, 1991: Jonathan Becker, "Barack's Rock," Vogue Vogue, October 2008.

"She is made for you": Ibid.

Savage had also referred to Ron Brown: Christopher Drew and Ray Gibson, Chicago Tribune Tribune, August 14, 1994.

Now, as he watched his brief career: William Safire, New Y York Times Times, October 2, 1994.

Admitting that he made "mistakes": "Larry King Live," CNN, September 1, 1995.

"I married you because you're cute": Jodi Kantor, New Y York Times Times, November 1, 2009.

"I wasn't a proponent of politics": Scott Helman, Boston Globe Globe, October 12, 2007.

Alan Dobry, a former Democratic: David Jackson and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune Tribune, April 4, 2007.

"I hadn't publicly announced": Ibid.

Palmer doesn't dispute that: Ibid.

"I'm absolutely certain": Ibid.

"Pray for Mel Reynolds": Kevin Knapp, Hyde Park Herald Herald, July 5, 1995.