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Barack Hussein Obama.
  • By: Isaac, Oshia, Mimi
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Brief Life Story
  • Born: August, 4th 1961
  • Born in: Honolulu Hawaii
  • Moms name: Ann Dunham
  • Dads name: Barack Obama (named after)
  • Raised in: Kenya where he herded goats.
  • When he was six he moved to Djakarta, Indonesia.
  • Barack's dad returned to Kenya but Barack grew up with his mom in Hawaii and some in Indonesia.
  • In 1983 he graduated from Columbia University.
  • After Collage he moved to Chicago in 1985 and became a community  organizer with church-based  group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods.



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"In 1991 he became the..."
  • In 1991 he became the first African American president of Harvard Law review.
  • Soon after he returned to Chicago to practice as a Civil rights Lawyer  and teach Constitutional Law.
  • Finally, advocacy work lead him to run Illinois State Senate were he served eight years.
  • In 2004 he became the third African American  since Reconstruction to be elected to the US senate.
  • His wife, Michelle, and his two daughters, Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, live on Chicago’s South Side now where they attend Trinity United Church of Christ.
  • Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, spoke to America for the first time as a President Elect. He became the nation’s first African American president when he was
  •  sworn into office on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009.
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Major Accomplishments and Awards
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  • In 1983 Barack Obama had graduated with a degree in political science.
  • In 1990 Barack Obama became the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review.
  • In 2000 Barack Obama made his first bid for U.S. Congress.
  • In 2004 Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.
  • In 2006 Barack Obama won a Grammy award for the Best Spoken Word for the CD version of his autobiography “Dreams From My Father”.
  • In 2008 Barack Obama won his second Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Audacity of Hope
  • In 2009 He was Elected the first African American President.
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Our Personal reflection about Barak Obama
  • We think Barack Obama is a very successful man who has worked very hard in life. He has won 2 Grammy Awards which shows true talent. He deserves to be the first African American President of the USA.


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Bibliography
  • http://www.jewsonfirst.org/images/obama8.jpg
  • http://profiles.incredible-people.com/barack-obama/
  • http://www.obama-biography.info/barack_obama_achievements/
  • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_awards_has_Barack_Obama_received
  • www.colordarcy.com/.../67/



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