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1. www.biography.com › political-figures › barack-obamaBarack Obama: Biography, 44th U.S. President, Politician

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   May 1, 2023 · Barack Obama is the first Black president of the United States. Learn facts about him: his age, height, leadership legacy, quotes, family, and more.

2. www.history.com › topics › us-presidentsBarack Obama - Early Life, Education & Presidency - HISTORY

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   • Barack Obama’s Early Life. Obama’s father, also named Barack Hussein Obama, grew up in a small village in Nyanza Province, Kenya, as a member of the Luo ethnicity.
   • Barack Obama’s Education. At age 10, Obama returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents. He attended the Punahou School, an elite private school where, as he wrote in his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father, he first began to understand the tensions inherent in his mixed racial background.
   • Barack Obama, Community Organizer and Attorney. After a two-year stint working in corporate research and at the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) in New York City, Obama moved to Chicago, where he took a job as a community organizer with a church-based group, the Developing Communities Project.
   • Senator Barack Obama. In 1996, Obama officially launched his own political career, winning election to the Illinois State Senate as a Democrat from the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park.

3. www.thoughtco.com › barack-obama-president-ofBiography of Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President - ThoughtCo

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   Jan 30, 2021 · Updated on January 30, 2021. Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States, the first Black man to do so. Prior to that, he was a civil rights lawyer, constitutional law professor, and U.S. senator from Illinois. As president, Obama oversaw the passage of several notable ...

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5. www.whitehouse.gov › presidents › barack-obamaBarack Obama | The White House

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   The biography for President Obama and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States.

6. obamalibrary.archives.gov › president-barack-obamaPresident Barack Obama | Barack Obama Presidential Library

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   Official White House Photo. Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to parents Barack H. Obama, Sr., and Stanley Ann Dunham. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his mother, Ann, and maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham.

7. www.thehistorymakers.org › honorable-barack-obamaThe Honorable Barack Obama's Biography - The HistoryMakers

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   Feb 16, 2001 · Digital Archive. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Occidental College for two years before transferring to Columbia University in New York, where he became interested in a career as a social activist. After graduation, Obama found work as a community organizer, which led him to Chicago.

8. www.infoplease.com › us-presidents › barack-obamaBarack Obama Biography | Infoplease

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   Born: Aug. 4, 1961. Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii. After a historic and bruising 22-monthlong campaign, Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. He prevailed over Sen. John McCain in what was probably the most pivotal U.S. election since World War II.