Before making history as the first Black president in 2008, Barack Obama broke down barriers of another kind — becoming the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990. This garnered him extensive media attention, leading to a publishing contract and an early advance to pen a book about race relations. Tackling the issues using personal experience, Dreams of My Father was first published in 1995. The memoir chronicles Obama's life prior to his enrollment in Harvard, including his childhood in Hawaii, the strained relationship with his absent father, and his various education in the US. He also explores his mixed heritage and discusses how race relations vary across the globe.
