IN COLLEGE, AS HE WAS GETTING INVOLVED IN PROTESTS AGAINST THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, BARACK OBAMA NOTICED, HE HAS WRITTEN, "THAT PEOPLE HAD BEGUN TO LISTEN TO MY OPINIONS." WORDS, THE YOUNG MR. OBAMA REALIZED, HAD THE POWER "TO TRANSFORM": "WITH THE FIGHT WORDS EVERYTHING COULD CHANGE-SOUTH AFRICA, THE LIVES OF GHETTO KIDS JUST A FEW MILES AWAY, MY OWN TENUOUS PLACE IN THE WORLD."