A singular woman the untold story of Barack Obama's mother

Watch a video A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person...

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Main Author: Scott, Janny
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Language:English
Published: 2011.
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