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Members of NBA office staff help erect a wall as part of a Habitat for Humanity home build, New Orleans, LA, 2007. Chris Graythen/NBAE via Getty Images.

Asia-Pacific Hawaiʻi Design Workshop in Honolulu, HI, 2018. The Obama Foundation.

Volunteers participate in an Earth Day clean up in Washington Park, Jackson Park and Rainbow Beach Park in Chicago, IL, 2023. The Obama Foundation.

U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm gives the peace sign to a crowd on the Washington Mall, Washington, D.C., 1971. New York Times Co./Mike Lien/Getty Images.

Obama Foundation staff participates in a MLK Day volunteer activity at Greater Chicago Food Depository in Chicago, IL, 2024. The Obama Foundation. 

U.S. Veterans and Native Americans hold hands in prayer and solidarity near Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, ND, 2016. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

NBA Cares event for Habitat for Humanity, 2013. Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images.

Bob Kafka leads ADAPT activists in a demonstration for home and community based services in Georgia, 1990. © Tom Olin.

People hold hands during the Asia-Pacific Hawaiʻi Design Workshop in Honolulu, HI, 2018. The Obama Foundation. 

John Lewis and other civil rights activists kneel in prayer during a demonstration outside the public pool in Cairo, IL, 1962. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos.

The Obama Foundation hosts its first Obama Presidential Center Roadshow, showcasing parts of the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden and Teaching Kitchen at the South Merrill Community Garden in Chicago, IL, 2023. The Obama Foundation. 

Young men and boys, campaigning for Mayoral candidate Harold Washington, drive through neighborhoods, 1983. © Marc PoKempner.

Students painting at Northwestern High School during a ‘Hands on Miami MLK Day of Service’ event, 2011. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Women in wheelchairs demonstrating for gay rights, Washington, D.C., 1980s. Ted Sahl collection,  San José State University Special Collections & Archives. 

Partnership between The Obama Foundation and Local Lunchbox, Chicago, IL, 2023.

Fred Korematsu, Minoru Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi during a press conference relating to landmark cases challenging the evacuation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II, San Francisco, CA, 1983. Bettmann/Getty Images.

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C. 1963. Paul Schutzer/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock.

“HOME ADVANTAGE (FULL LENGTH) FULL MIX” Music by David Le Moyne Grow (BMI) 100%, IPI 228072482; Retrorama Metro Park (BMI) 100%, IPI 201452719; Courtesy of APM MUSIC.

Fired Up

Volunteers in Charleston, SC. Obama For America.

Greenwood, S.C. Councilwoman Edith Childs leads Obama supporters in Charlotte, N.C. in the "Fired Up" chant she brought to the campaign, 2008. Hearst Austin Media, LLC.

Barack Obama speaks at a rally on the final day of the Presidential campaign at Prince William County Fairgrounds in Manassas, VA, 2008. C-SPAN.

The inaugural class of Obama Scholars participate in a joint service project facilitated by Jahmal Cole and Block Club leaders from My Block, My Hood, My City in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, IL, 2018. The Obama Foundation.

The Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance gathering in Long An Province, Vietnam, 2019. The Obama Foundation. 

Presidential candidate Barack Obama laughs as county council woman Edith Childs fires up the crowd at a campaign rally at Lander University in Greenwood, SC, 2008. Chris Hondros/Getty Images.

“IT WILL BE ALRIGHT” Music by James Aaron Francis (PRS) 5%, IPI 859822684, Tatjana Iljasova (PRS) 42.5%, IPI 859363690, Cleo Miller-Stewart (PRS) 5%, IPI 1109946640, Christopher Keith Raymond Morris (PRS) 42.5%, IPI 687090118, Yvonne Utseoritselaju Park (PRS) 5%, IPI 795191698; Bibliotheque Metro Park (BMI) 100%, IPI 201452719; Courtesy of APM MUSIC.

When They Go Low

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks in Nashua, New Hampshire on the night of the primary, 2008. Obama For America. 

Volunteers picking up trash on the beach, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro.

Americorps volunteers pack meals for seniors during the second annual Celebration of Service event sponsored by the AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C., 2016. Pete Marovich For The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Volunteers phone bank for the RSVP Program, Los Angeles, CA, 1998. Clarence Williams/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

Pride Parade participant, Chicago, IL, 2023. The Obama Foundation. 

“BUREAUCRACY (d)”  Bradley Andrew Segal (ASCAP) 50%, IPI 220264025, Haim Mazar (BMI) 25%, IPI 595558787, Sebastian Oskar Theodore Ornemark (BMI) 25%, IPI 481928815;  Purple Fox APM (ASCAP) 50%, IPI 745983691, Purple Fox Metro Park (BMI) 50%, IPI 487402830; Courtesy of APM MUSIC.