Barack Obama's new book "A Promised Land" sells 1.7 million copies in its first week, breaking a record....Obama is America's first Black president....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Released on Nov. 17, “A Promised Land” is former Democratic president Barack Obama’s latest book and it’s already topping best seller lists, selling a record breaking 1.7 million copies its first week on the shelves. The popular book, which is the first of a two volume series on the memoirs of the former president since he left the White House in January of 2017, sold a whopping 887,000 copies in its first 24 hours after its release, and tops the 725,000 copies sold on day one of former first lady Michelle Obama's 2018 best selling memoir, “Becoming.” America's first Black president, and its 44th president, Obama was elected via a historical election in 2008 and won reelection four years later. Previous Obama books include “The Audacity of Hope,” “Dreams from My Father” and a children’s book titled “Of Thee I Sing.” A trained ivy league lawyer like his wife Michelle, who was once his boss, Obama was a community organizer on Chicago's largely Black south side before he won a seat in the Illinois senate. He later won a U.S. Senate seat. He was a junior U.S. senator when he upset Hillary Clinton in 2008 to win the Democratic nomination for president with Blacks across the country voting in droves, and he carried that momentum into the general election to beat Republican John McCain, a seasoned and respected member of Congress, and a senator from Arizona. The two later became friends, Obama delivering the eulogy at McCain's funeral in 2018. In winning reelection to the presidency in 2012 Obama beat Republican Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and now a U.S. senator himself. During his eight years as president the economy gained a net 11.6 million jobs and unemployment dropped to below the historical norm. His administration also expanded access to federal contracting to minority-owned businesses, reduced racial and ethic health disparities, and reinvigorated the office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education, which fail under attack when he left office. A 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Obama signed many landmark bills into law, including his signature Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as ACA or "Obamacare"), the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. He fought to protect women's reproductive rights, and Civil and Human Rights while up against a Republican-dominated U.S. Senate. The now defunct Iran Nuclear Deal, a joint comprehensive plan relative to Iran's nuclear program, came about under Obama, who also appointed two of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Same sex marriage became federal law under his tenure as president, as did the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act), and so many more policy initiatives that together made life better for America's middle class, and its marginalized and underrepresented groups. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news sites in Ohio. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS. |
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