Barack Obama: Life in Pictures

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• Barack Obama Life in Pictures

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His mother, Ann Dunham, hailed from Wichita,
Kansas.
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His parents separated when he was two years old
and later divorced.
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His father, Barack Obama Sr, came from
Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya.
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His mother remarried, and the family moved to
Indonesia in 1967.
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Barack Obama attended schools in Jakarta until he
was ten years old.
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A photograph taken in 1987 of Barack Obama and
his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama hangs in her
home in the village of Nyagoma-Kogelo, western
Kenya.
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He studied at Columbia University in New York,
where he majored in political science.
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He then studied law at Harvard, and graduated in
1991.
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After Harvard Law School, Obama returned to
Chicago, joined a small civil rights firm, ran a
voter registration drive, and lectured on
constitutional law at the University of Chicago
Law School.
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He married Michelle Robinson in October 1992.
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Their daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha, were born
in 1998 and 2001.
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He delivered the keynote address at the 2004
Democratic National Convention in Boston.
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He entered the US Senate on January 4, 2005.
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He announced his intention to run for the 2008 in
February 2007. After a lengthy battle with
Hillary Clinton, he seized the Democratic
nomination in June 2008.
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He formally accepted his party's nomination at
the Democratic National Convention in Denver,
Colorado, on August 23.
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He elected as The 44th President of United States
of America Barack Obama Rally in Grant Park
November 4, 2008.