Vern stierman biography of barack obama

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was born on August 4, , in Honolulu, Hawaii^[1] to Barack Obama, Sr.

(–) (born in Oriang' Kogelo of Rachuonyo North District,^[2]Kenya) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (–) (born in Wichita, Kansas, United States).^[3]

Obama spent most of his childhood years in Honolulu, where his mother attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Obama had a close relationship with his maternal grandparents. In , his mother remarried to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia.

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Two years later, Dunham took Obama with her to Indonesia to reunite him with his stepfather. In , Obama returned to Honolulu to attend Punahou School, from which he graduated in

As a young adult, Obama moved to the contiguous United States, where he was educated at Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School.

In Chicago, Obama worked at various times as a community organizer, lawyer, lectu