BaracK Obama Biography / 4-23-2012

  
  President of the United States name is Barack Hussein Obama.  He was a "Civil Right Lawyer" before pursuing a political career, first as Illinois State Senator.  Then first "African American President" of the United States Of America.  Also the 44th president of the United States Of America, and "Representative."

  He was born in August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.  His mother's name is Ann Dunham.  She grew up in Wichita, Kansas.  Where her father worked on oil rigs during Depression.  After the Pearl Harbor attack.  Her father Stanley was enlisted in the service.  Then he marched across Europe in Patton's Army.  Barack Obama's father name is Barack Obama Sr.  He was born of Luo ethnicity Province, Kenya.
  When Obama was age two.  His parents got Divorced.  After that Obama Sr. went to Harvard to pursue PhD.  Then returned to Kenya in 1965.  In 1966, Dunham married to Soetoro.  He is East-West Center student from Indonesia.  One year later, the family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia.  Where Obama's half sister was born.  At the age of ten, Barack was sent back to Hawaii.  To live with his maternal grandparents.  Later His mother and sister joined them.

  He Enrolled in Punahou Academy, while he lived with his grandparents.  From there he graduated in 1979.  Only three black students graduated from there.  After Graduate high school, Obama studied at Occidental College in Las Angeles University for two years.  Then, transferred to Columbia University in New York, and graduated in 1983.  Obama Jr. got his degree on political science from there.  In 1988, he went to Harvard Law School.  After that he went back to Chicago to practice as a civil right lawyer, and taught at the University of Chicago, Law School.  Also helped organize voter registration drives during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.  These are some of his education, and experiences.
  In 1995 he published his autobiography called "Dream From My Father: A story of Race and Inheritance."  The book is translated in ten languages.  Including Chinese, Swedish, and Hebrew.  Second print was out in 2004, it is a children version.  Then in 2006 audio version come out, which was narrated by Obama.  He received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.
  Barrack Obama was elected on 2008, then again he got re elected on 2012.  

Author Shadan B Zahedi