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Barack Obama
U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Barack Obama
was born in Hawaii and he attended Punahou School from
1971 through 1979. His Mother Ann Denham and his
Kenyan father Nyangoma Kogelo met while they wre both
attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Facts About Barack Obama
-Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (after his father)
-Goes by: Barack Obama aka Barry Obama
-Birth Date: August 4. 1961
-Birth Place: Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
-Haole U.S. Mother: Stanley Ann Dunham (1942-1995)
-Black Kenyan Father: Barack Hussein Obama (1936-1982)
-Ethnic heritage: Caucasion and black. His father
was from Kenya. I have not been able to track down
the ethnic heritage or countries of ancestry of his mother.
-Lived in Indonesia 1967-1971
-Lived in Honolulu with maternal grandfather Stanley Armour Dunham
and maternal grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne 1971-1979
-B.A. from Columbia University in 1983
-J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991
-Married Michelle Robinson October 3, 1992
-Published "
Dreams From My Father" in 1995
-Daughter Malia Ann was born in 1998
-Taught at University of Chicago Law School 1992-2004
-Worked for Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland law firm 1993-2004
-Illinois state legislator 1997-2004
-Ran for U.S. senator in 2004
-United States Senator Since 2005
-Ran for president of the United States in 2008.
Books By Barack Obama
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Dreams From My Father
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Barack Obama in His Own Words
Articles About Barack Obama
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Wikipedia Barack Obama President
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The Story of Barack Obama's Mother
(Time Magazine)
Barack Obama Web Sites
-Presidential Campaign:
BarackObama.com
-U.S. Senator:
Obama.Senate.gov
See also:
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More Famous People From Hawaii
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