Newspapers and magazines swarmed around the first black student to win the most coveted spot at the most vaunted club at one of Americas most prestigious institutions. In interviews, Mr. Obama was modest and careful. (In a rare slip, he told The Associated Press: Im not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me.) He signed a contract to write a memoir. A prankster posted a cast list for a movie version of his life, starring Blair Underwood. When Mr. Underwood visited the school, he questioned Mr. Obama for material for L.A. Law.
People were always asking me, do young black attorneys really exist like that? Mr. Underwood said in a recent interview. I would refer to Barack.
