Rising star: the making of Barack Obama

The end of the world as they knew it: Chicago's far South Side, March 1980

July 1985

A place in the world: Honolulu, Seattle, Honolulu, Jakarta, and Honolulu, August 1961

September 1979

Searching for home: Eagle Rock, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hermitage, PA, September 1979

July 1985

Transformation and identity: Roseland, Hyde Park, and Kenya: August 1985

August 1988

Emergence and achievement: Harvard Law School, September 1988

May 1991

Building a future: Chicago, June 1991

August 1995

Into the Arena: Chicago and Springfield, September 1995

September 1999

Failure and recovery: Chicago and Springfield, October 1999

January 2003

Calculation, coincidence, coronation: Illinois and Boston, January 2003

November 2004

Disappointment and destiny: the U.S. Senate, November 2004

February 2007

Epilogue: the President did not attend, as he was golfing.