Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a book club discussion of A Promised Land by Barack Obama. A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Register by Friday, June 25 for your chance to win a free copy of the book!
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.