Utopian vision for overcoming racism and national borders over time

Emotional response to the liberation of East Jerusalem and the Wailing Wall

Obama's 2007 Selma speech and declaration to the Black community

Daily routine and team dynamics while reporting in Aleppo

Integrating local community involvement into long-term conservation efforts

Shared values among community weavers and confronting racial injustice

Obama's 2004 Senate campaign and his ability to connect across diverse communities

Berkshire Hathaway shareholders' sense of community and identity

Harold Washington's influence on breaking racial ceilings in Chicago politics

Mother's role in keeping the family busy during father's captivity

SIBL's success in reaching diverse users and engaging the broader community

Response to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and its systemic implications

Accomplishments as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Women's leadership, empowerment, and peer support in organizing work

Reaction to Dr. King's assassination and its lasting impact

Internal disagreements and MLK's fast during the Poor People's Campaign

King's concern for human cost and the logistics of the Selma to Montgomery march

Relationships with feminist leaders Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, and Gloria Steinem

Experience reading and researching in the New York Public Library's North Reading Room

Obama's marriage to Michelle Robinson and the grounding it provided

Early experimental film culture in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s

Teaching the American War in Vietnam to a diverse and ideologically varied student body

Entry into politics through neighborhood activism and a dare

Allowing people to feel their own worth through mutual presence and cherishing

Sense of community and family life in the housing projects

Beating by police during a protest against Bush's stance on pesticides