Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
Year Published 2004
Word Count 149,483
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1010L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 113511
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Racially mixed people--United States--Biography
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- Racism--United States
- Racially mixed people
- Social Science | Discrimination & Racism
- Obama, Barack
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- African Americans
- United States
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- Racism
- United States--Race relations
- African Americans--Biography
- Biography / Autobiography
- Race relations
- Lists With This Book
- SpringBoard, Grade 7 Unit 3
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