THE EARLY
LIFE OF BARACK OBAMA
Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His
father was a Kenyan named Barack Obama, Sr (Senior). His mother was a White
American named Ann Dunham. His parents separated when he was two years old and
later divorced. His father returned to Kenya and saw him only once more before
he died in an automobile accident in 1982. After the divorce, Obama’s mother
then married an Indonesian, Lolo Soentoro.
The family then moved to his stepfather’s home country in 1967.
Obama attended local schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old. Obama
returned to Honolulu in 1971. He lived with his maternal grandparents until his
graduation from high school in 1979. After that, Obama moved to Los Angeles and
studied at Occidental College for two years. He then transferred to Columbia
University in New York City. Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. He
was selected as an editor of the law review based on his grade and writing
competition. In 1990, he became the first Black president of the Harvard Law
Review. He graduated with J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1989.
Source: www.en.wikipedia.org
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