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Introduction

The reason I have chosen Barack Obama’s road to presidency as my research assignment is because I believe he is potentially one of the greatest heroes in America at this time. I concentrate on his past in particular because I believe that it is one of the most important aspects of his success. His life is one that can be looked at as a normal person’s life. He is an ordinary man who is capable of extraordinary things and now is the time that people need to realize this. Barack Obama will change American history whether he wins this year’s general election or not. He is the next Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Rosa Parks all rolled into one man who has the ability to use his words to encourage people to become human again. His youth tells an amazing story of a normal boy who did not see his future the way it has unravelled, and that is what makes Barack Obama Jr. the perfect presidential candidate.




Barack Obama

We are the ones we have been waiting for.
Speech following Super Tuesday results, Feb 5, 2008.


Barack Hussein Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He comes from a diverse family consisting of his father who was from Kenya and his mother who was from Kansas, USA. He attended the well known Punahou Academy in Hawaii, where he was one of three black students. He graduated in 1979 with honours. After high school he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York where he earned his degree in political science. After college he did not crave the money and fame that his peers did. He moved to Chicago where he set up community centres to help people who faced low incomes. This is also when he joined the Trinity United Church of Christ and visited his family in Kenya. On his return from Kenya in 1988, Obama was accepted into Harvard Law School. He was the first...