USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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What did Barack Obama do to win a Grammy award?

(A) ** Barack Obama won the Grammy Award for best spoken word album in both 2005 and 2007 for his narration of the audio versions of his books “Dreams from My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope:Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, “ respectively.

(B) Barack Obama won the Grammy Award for creating a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.

(C) Barack Obama won the Grammy Award for organizing Project Vote, a drive that registered tens of thousands of African Americans to vote

(D) Barack Obama won the Grammy Award for supporting ethics reform in government, championed alternative energy sources, and worked to secure or destroy deadly weapons in Russia and elsewhere

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Concept note-1: -Barack Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, The Audacity of Hope and A Promised Land. Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020. EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.

Concept note-2: -Three US Presidents have won the award: Jimmy Carter (three times), Barack Obama (twice) and Bill Clinton. Additionally, recordings of John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt featured prominently in later works which won the award.

Concept note-3: -President Obama has two previous GRAMMY® Award wins in the Best Spoken Word Album category for his narrations of Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope.