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Jan 20, 2009 · Biography of Barack Obama by Michael Nelson. Biography of Barack Obama by Jeff Wallenfeldt and David Mendell. Related Documents. Search all documents. July 27, 2004.
May 17, 2018 · Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was named after his father Barack, a Kenyan exchange student; the name is an African one and means "blessing" in his father's native Swahili. Obama's mother Ann was a white American born in Kansas who had moved to Honolulu with her parents.
Jun 26, 2022 · Father: Barak Obama. Barak Obama, Sr. was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. He grew up herding goats in Africa, eventually earning a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams of college in Hawaii. While studying at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, Obama, Sr. met fellow student, Ann Dunham.
Aug 2, 2023 · There is a fascinating passage in Rising Star, David Garrow’s comprehensive biography of Barack Obama’s early years, in which the historian examines Obama’s account in Dreams from My Father ...
Nov 7, 2012 · Barack Hussein Obama made history on 4 November 2008 when he easily defeated Republican rival John McCain to become the first black president of the United States. Aged 47 when he was inaugurated ...
A Promised Land is a memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Published on November 17, 2020, it is the first of a planned two-volume series. Remaining focused on his political career, the presidential memoir documents Obama's life from his early years through to the events surrounding the killing of ...
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was from rural Kenya, where he grew up herding goats. He came to the United States to study on a scholarship. Obama’s mother, S. Ann Dunham, came from Kansas. The two met while they were both students at the University of Hawaii.
