Childhood and early years
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in the Hawaiian city of Honolulu. This happened on August 4, 1961. He was born to Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama Sr. and American Stanley Anne Dunham. The father of the future president came to the United States to study as an economist. Barack Obama Sr. met the future mother of his son at the University of Hawaii. However, he was not very interested in family life. After graduating from university, he went to continue his studies at Harvard. When Obama Jr. was two years old, his father returned to Kenya, where he received a high government rank. He divorced his son's mother.
Four years later, Stanley Ann Dunham remarried a University of Hawaii student, this time an Indonesian. The young family moved to Indonesia, where Barack Obama went to one of the schools in Jakarta and studied there for 4 years. Then Barack decided to return to his homeland - Honolulu. His mother's parents lived there, and he settled with them. In his hometown, Barack entered the prestigious private school Punahou, from which he graduated in 1979. This educational institution is still famous for its famous graduates. During his school years, Obama was fond of basketball. He even won the state championship in 1979 as part of the school team.
Later, Barack Obama will publish memoirs in which he talks about using marijuana and cocaine in high school. Barak himself describes this as far from being the most favorable period in his life, since his school performance decreased significantly due to drug use.
Education and first work activity
After graduation, Obama chose Occidental College in Los Angeles for further education. However, after a few years of study, he transferred to Columbia University. From a book written by Barack himself, you can find out that he left Occidental College due to a large number of racist remarks directed at him. He graduated from the university in 1983 and immediately went to work for a large international company. In his first job, Barack Obama was a financial news editor.
As the politician himself recalls in his memoirs, 1985 was a turning point for him. This year he decided to leave his prestigious workplace and move to Chicago. In the new place, he also decided to change his occupation, so he focused on social activities. Barack helped disadvantaged residents of the city in one of the local church groups. At that time, a politician began to emerge in young Barack, since many of the people’s problems could not be solved by ordinary means. Obama realized that the US legal and constitutional system is far from perfect and therefore needs to be improved.
The problem was that the future president was not an expert in the field of law, so he decided to continue his studies. In 1988, he became a student at Harvard Law School. In parallel with his studies, Barak continued to be involved in social activities, namely, he was the editor of the university newspaper Harvard Law Revive. During his student years, the popular newspaper The New York Times published an article highlighting the successes of the young black Obama. The article noted that Barack became the first black chairman of the University Lawyers' Club in its history.
In 1991, after graduating from university, he returned to Chicago as a certified lawyer. Here he became an advocate in the field of racial inequality. Then, in 1993, Barack Obama took a job at the University of Chicago, where he would teach a course on constitutional law.
Does Michelle Obama work?
Michelle's net worth is said to be $40,000,000. Although it is constantly growing thanks to her performances and a huge deal with Netflix. In the past, she earned money from working at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Now she earns money from her book contracts and tours. She earns $225,000 per performance, according to The New York Post, and during her Barclays Center show last December, tickets sold for between $300 and $4,000.
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