-----In his own words......
  
Pay close attention to the last comment!!

 
From Dreams of My Father:  'I ceased to advertise my
mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to
suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to
whites.'
 
From Dreams of My Father :  'I found a solace in
nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity
against my mothers race.'

From Dreams of My Father:  'There was something about
him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself,
maybe. And white.'
 
From Dreams of My Father:  ; 'It remained necessary to
prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to
the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
 
From Dreams of My Father:  'I never emulate white men
and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It
was into my father's image, the black man, son of
Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought
in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm,
DuBois and Mandela.'
 
From Audacity of Hope:  'I will stand with the Muslims
should the political winds shift in an ugly
direction.'

Publication history for 'From Dreams of My Father'


New York : Times Books; 1st edition (July 18, 1995); Hardcover: 403 pages; ISBN 0-8129-2343-X
This printing is now very rare. Only a few signed copies are known, and are estimated to be worth up to $5,000 (depending on condition).