doi:10.7916/67nq-vc26Oral history interview with Timuel D. Black, 2022Black, Timuel D., Jroral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesPolitical campaigns--IllinoisAfrican Americans--History--ChicagoBlack, Timuel D., JrObama, BarackObama, Michelle, 1964-Wright, Jeremiah A., JrTimuel Black- a civil rights leader, scholar, and educator- reflects on the political careers and public lives of Barack and Michelle Obama. Black shares memories from his long life and career in the predominantly-Black neighborhoods of Chicago, discusses African American history and the history of African Americans in Chicago, and remembers notable political figures and episodes with which he was closely associated. He also describes the importance of Michelle Obama to Barack Obama's connection to African American communities in Chicago, Obama's 1996 campaign for the Illinois State Senate, the 2000 Democratic primary campaign for Illinois' first congressional district, the controversy surrounding Reverend Jeremiah Wright during the 2008 presidential campaign, and the importance and agency of young people