Barack Obama's Life

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In 1964 on the 4th of August a very important man was born. His name was Barack Hussein Obama II. He would change America as we used to know it. In his lifetime he changed the direction of America forever.
The start of Barracks life was not easy, especially being colored or black, to some people he was not the same as them. He was always optimus about everything when he was a child and, still following him now days. His parents got divorced when he was only 5 years old. After a while living with his mom her time had come for her to pass away. Barack Obama's loving, caring, and especially hard working mother had passed away November seventh, of 1995. After his mother's death and his dad's absence he had to live with his grandpa who was a white

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