2. Early LifeEarly Life
Barack Obama, Sr. –
Luo ethnicity, Kenya
Ann Dunham - Kansas
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Marriage
Barack Hussain Obama, Jr.
Aug., 4 1961 – Honolulu,
Hawaii
Ann + Lolo Soetoro
Barack Obama, Sr.
3. Early LifeEarly Life
The family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia (1967)The family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia (1967)
Obama’s half-sister MObama’s half-sister Maaya was bornya was born
Barack attended catholic school, later public schoolBarack attended catholic school, later public school
Came back to Hawaii where he lived with hisCame back to Hawaii where he lived with his
maternal grandparentsmaternal grandparents
Finished Punahou SchoolFinished Punahou School
Mother came back to Hawaii after divorceMother came back to Hawaii after divorce
4.
5. Education and workEducation and work
Occidental College, Los AngelesOccidental College, Los Angeles
Columbia University, New York (political science)Columbia University, New York (political science)
New York - work in a financial corporationNew York - work in a financial corporation
Chicago - community organizer for a small ChicagoChicago - community organizer for a small Chicago
church-based groupchurch-based group
Harvard Law School (first African-American editorHarvard Law School (first African-American editor
of the Harvard Law Review); graduated in 1991of the Harvard Law Review); graduated in 1991
Chicago - civil rights lawyer; teacher at theChicago - civil rights lawyer; teacher at the
University of Chicago Law SchoolUniversity of Chicago Law School
1995 - Dreams From My Father1995 - Dreams From My Father
2004 - elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat,2004 - elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat,
representing Illinoisrepresenting Illinois
6. FamilyFamily
Obama met his wife, Michelle, in 1989 when
he was a summer associate at the Chicago law firm
They got married in October 1992 and live
in Kenwood on Chicago's South Side with their
daughters, Malia (born 1999) and Natasha (born
2001).
