How Barack Obama Made History

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How Barack Obama made history.

Family: Let's first talk about Barack Obama's family and his life. Barack Obama was born in August 4, 1961, Hawaii. He had 8 Siblings. His religion: Though Obama is a practicing Christian and he was chiefly raised by

his mother and her Christian parents, his father, Barack Obama, Sr. with whom he lived only as a baby, he characterized as a Muslim-raised atheist, and his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, with whom he lived during his early childhood, was believed to be Muslim.

Early life: Barack Obama was the first to have a white mother and a black Kenyan father. Obama attended both a government-run school where he received some instruction in Islam and a Catholic private school where he took part in Christian schooling. Barack Obama lived with his stepfather, mother, and his half sister. His mother later lived in indonesia. When he went to college he loved doing the college studies but then he transferred to columbia university in his junior years in New York.
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Barack and Michelle Obama changed how black folks thought of themselves and the wider nation they lived in. Obama increased the how black people think of themselves.
Barack Obama once said at a speech: “NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2016 as National African American History Month. I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.”He also was a senator, and was a community organizer,and made health care for

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