Ann Dunham

being an illegal citizen causing him to lose the campaign. Bergs believes and strongly questioned Obamas validity. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Hawaii. His parents, who met as students at the University of Hawaii, were Ann Dunham, a white American from Kansas, and Barack Obama, Sr., a black Kenyan studying in the United States. Obama's father left the

and being married to a white woman from Kansas in 1960s America. Part of it also may have been a tribal calling to return home and bring back what he learned at the University of Hawaii to share it with his people. After divorcing Barack Sr., Anna Dunham met an Indonesian man named Lolo (which stood for ‘crazy’ in Hawaiian) and was remarried in 1965. The newlyweds moved to Indonesia with young Barack, and although the move exposed Barack to ‘culture shock’ to some extent, Lolo proved to be a decent

The book, Dreams from My Father, is written by Barack Obama, the President of the United States.  This book is written from the past tense as President Obama discusses his lifestyle before he attended Harvard Law school.  The book starts with him describing the scenery of his New York apartment which we can assume is either while he is attending or graduated from Columbia College at Columbia University.  He describes his family's influence on his life and education.  The most influential person to

ITECH 5500 PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION COMMUNCATION ASSIGNMENT PROFESSOR: SHAMSHEER SYED PRESENTED BY: JANARDHAN KOPELLA 30132139 Table of Contents Overview: 3 Introduction: 4 Leader (Barack Obama): 4 CEO (Bill Gates): 4 Purpose: 5 Communication styles, skills and effectiveness: 5 Barack Obama: 5 Communication Style: 5 Skills: 6 Effectiveness: 6 Bill Gates: 6 Communication Style: 6 Skills: 7 Effectiveness: 7 Comparison: 7 Strengths and weaknesses: 7 Conclusion: 9

father, Barack Obama Sr, had left him and his mother in Hawaii, when Barack was just two years old. He doesn't dwell on the tragic news, instead turning his attention to introducing his mother, Ann Dunham, his grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne, whom he calls Toot in the book, and his grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham, whom he calls Gramps. He speaks of the racism they faced as a result of Ann's relationship with Barack Sr. They had both met at Hawaii University and got married. The younger Barack was the

Katherine Dunham was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1909 as the youngest child of Albert Millard Dunham and Fanny June (Guillaume), with an older brother, Albert Jr., as well as children from her mother’s first marriage. Her heritage included Indian, French Canadian, English, Malagasy (Madagascan) and African ancestry (Aschenbrenner 7). Dunham’s mother passed away when Katherine was only four and their father left the children with their aunt Lulu, where Katherine faced multiple instances

character Achmed was created one year after 9/11 and debuted on September 17th, 2007, just about six years after a day the United States will never forget. Although his character is not identified as Muslim, he is referred to as the Dead Terrorist. Is Dunham trying to portray terrorists as weak people by connecting his design of the well-known puppet Achmed as a dead terrorist? Achmed was designed as a skeleton much like a halloween figure. He usually wears a turban, but in this

Over the years, dance has become a very significant aspect in many live. It provides an outlet for individuals to express themselves. Dance is an artform used to “project inner thoughts and feelings into movement”. (Ambrosio, 1999) Dance performed evokes responses from the audience while providing a joyful experience for those who participate as well as those viewing. Modern dance was a new dance form introduced somewhere between the early 1800’s and 1900’s. This dance form was created as a “rebellion”

the richest and most famous person in the Dystopic Sydney, he was willing to kill many people to get his desire and he managed to get a whole gang of ‘hallboys’ to listen to him and do it. Body Paragraph 2: (King Kong): In the film, King Kong, Ann Darrow, a key character, is first seen as a nice girl who is

unlawful sex with corpses, resisting arrest, and the list goes on from there. It was said that he had over 300 victims, but he would confess to only 30 of the homicides that he committed. Bundy was eventually executed in 1989. Before his death, Ann Rule wrote a biography on him, and described Bundy as “a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human’s pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after” (Rule, 1989). Bundy described himself as the most