Barack Obama (History Maker Bios)

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His mother was born and raised in the United States. His father came from Kenya. His stepfather came from Indonesia. Family members still live in all three places.

- His mother woke him at four in the morning to practice his school lessons.
- After college, he worked as a community organizer helping poor people in Chicago, Illinois.
- A record-breaking two million people attended his presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C.
- He is the first African-American president of the United States.