2007•Journal of Black StudiesRequires access

Senator Barack Obama

Deborah F. Atwater

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This article offers a brief discussion of the origin of Senator Barack Obama's rhetoric of hope. Specifically, it discusses how Senator Obama creates a contemporary vision of an inclusive America and the American dream by examining his 2004 Keynote Democratic National Convention Speech and his latest book, The Audacity of Hope. In doing so, one gets an idea of who the man is, what his core values are, and why these values are important to him and to us as a society.

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Key concepts: Rhetoric, Democracy, Political science, Convention, Dream, Law, Media studies, Sociology