The 2008 presidential election is the most diverse in history; a Baptist minister, Mormon stalwart, black Kansan and former first lady are all viable candidates.
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Obama On Race Obama On Politics Obama On Energy Needed For Campaign Obama's Commitment To CommunityHowever, one of the most visible is U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois.
Born in Hawaii, Barack Hussein Obama didn't start making waves until he attended Harvard, where he became the first African-American to be selected president of the Harvard Law Review.
From there, he worked as a civil rights lawyer and constitutional law teacher in Chicago.
While on Chicago's south side, he served in the Illinois state senate for eight years.
Then, in 2004 he rode a tidal wave of publicity into the U.S. Senate.
His highly-regarded keynote address at the 2004 Democratic national convention brought him to the national stage.
Today, you will probably find him in Iowa or New Hampshire campaigning for the fast-approaching primaries, but what about his real life?
Where did this lifelong commitment to public service begin?
Carlos Watson will take you to Altgeld Gardens, the gritty Chicago projects where Obama's grassroots politics was born.
In an exclusive conversation from one of the most downtrodden and forgotten neighborhoods in America, Obama speaks candidly with Watson not just about his past as a community organizer, but also about beating Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, race, universal health care and the strain his campaign puts on his family.
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