Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, Honolulu, when his father was an international student. When Obama was 2 years old, his parents separated and then divorced. His father went to Harvard University for a doctorate and finally returned to Kenya. His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian student, and gave birth to a daughter. When Obama was six years old, he and his mother moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. Four years later, Obama returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. From the fifth grade, Obama attended Punahou School, a large private school in Honolulu, Lu Lu, where he attended 12 grade and graduated 1979 grade.

University period

From 65438 to 0983, Obama graduated from Columbia University. From 65438 to 0985, he worked in Chicago and presided over a non-profit project to help local churches organize vocational training for poor residents. Obama 199 1 graduated from Harvard Law School with an "excellent" doctorate in law. He was also the first so-called African-American to be the editor-in-chief of Harvard Law Review, and gained national recognition during this period. After returning to Chicago, Obama hosted a voter registration campaign and worked for the civil rights law firm Miner, Barnhill &; Garland factory. Later, from 1993 to 12, when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2005, Obama served as a constitutional lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

The road to politics

1995, Obama was elected as the Illinois senator from Chicago and was re-elected for three years; In 2000, after failing to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives, Obama devoted his main energy to the Senate in Illinois. In July 2004, the Democratic Party of the United States held a national congress, and Obama was appointed to give a "keynote speech" the next day. The so-called "keynote speech" refers to the democratic party's program and policy declaration, which is usually published by the party's promising political stars. 1988 The keynote speaker was Clinton, then governor of Arkansas. Obama lived up to expectations. He personally wrote a speech and delivered an impassioned speech entitled "Fearless Hope". In his speech, he proposed to eliminate party differences and racial differences and realize the dream of "one America." After the speech, Obama became a famous American politician. In June of the same year 165438+ 10, Obama was successfully elected with 70% of the votes, becoming the fifth African-American senator in American history. On February 10, 2007, Obama officially announced his participation in the 2008 US presidential election in Springfield, Illinois, and put forward a campaign platform centered on "ending the Iraq war and implementing the universal health insurance system". On June 4th, 2008, 65438+20081October 4th, Obama was ahead of john edwards and Hillary Clinton, who were well-known than himself, and far ahead of the Democratic candidates. On June 3, 2008, Obama led Hillary Clinton and was designated as the Democratic presidential candidate. On August 23rd of the same year, Obama was formally nominated at the Democratic National Convention, thus becoming the first African-American presidential candidate in American history. On October 5th, 2008/kloc-0, Obama defeated John McCain and John McCain and was officially elected as the 44th president of the United States.