Barack Obama born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. As a child he attended local schools in Jakarta from ages six to ten. In 1971 he returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents and attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school until his graduation from High School in 1979.
Following High School he moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College. In 1981 he transferred to Columbia University in New York City where he majored in Political Science. He then graduated with a B.A in 1983. After being in New York for four years he moved to Chicago where he was hired as the director of the Developing Communities Project.
In late 1988 he entered Harvard Law School, and during his summers he worked as a summer associate at the law firms Sidley Austin in 1989 and Hopkins and Sutter in 1990. After graduating with Juris Doctor (J.D) from Harvard in 1991 he returned to Chicago. From April to October in 1992 he directed Illinois's Project Vote, and for 12 years Obama was a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
Following his Political Career in 1996 he was elected into Illinois Senate and then reelected in 1998. In 2003 Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's and Health and Human Services Committee. Obama then resigned from the Illinois senate November of 2004. Finally on November of 2009 Barack Obama is voted into Presidency as the first Black President. This day will be remembered forever. History has changed and this right here proves it: Our first African American President, Barack Obama!
-Miss. Political
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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I liked the information that you put into the blog. It's a good blog :)
This is a very good blog, great information. It is also a very good way to start a blog like this out, describing how Obama started out in his life to get to where he is today. I like how you stated exactly who he is at the end and basically it is stating why he is so important. But you should probably put president of the United States. (Yes this is a class thing, but if someone from another country ever happens to read it then they may not know what you are talking about.
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