Important Moments for Barack Obama As a young boy and teenager, Barack Obama is confused about his racial identity. But as he matures into manhood, he learns to accept himself and face the world with confidence. In a Dream Fulfilled, three significant events mark Barack Obama’s path to maturity. A conversation with his mother changes the way Barack views his future. His mother had told him things she never told him before. She explained how their marriage had been complicated and that his father didn’t want a white person’s blood in his family. His father had also never divorced his old wife in Kenya and told his mother he had. His mother didn’t want to be one of two wives even though polygamy was a custom in Kenyan. Obama later delivered