Talk:Grandmother of Barack Obama dies at 86

WikiVoices
This article was part of a WikiVoices project. --SVTCobra 01:47, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Points to cover:
 * Death
 * Obama's visit
 * Effect on campaign
 * Type of cancer
 * Deaths of relatives in past campaigns
 * Grandmother in campaign public discussions
 * Racial discussion
 * Speech on race
 * Obama's grandmother assumed an unusually high profile during the campaign. Obama mentioned his grandmother in his A More Perfect Union speech on race.  Obama's Kansas roots were prominent in the campaign.
 * Grandmother in Dreams of My Father
 * general role in life of grandson
 * Life of grandmother
 * Early life and historical context
 * Other grandchildren and descendants

I've started it, you expand it.--Pharos (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2008 (UTC)