Who Was The First Black President
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Of The United States
Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States, and was elected to serve two terms from 2009 to 2017. He was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a white American mother and a black Kenyan father.
Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and worked for several years as a community organizer and attorney. He entered and won a seat in the Illinois State Senate in 1996, and was reelected to it four times. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and easily won reelection in 2008. That same year, he became the first African American in U.S. history to secure a major political party’s nomination and subsequently defeated Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
As president, Obama promoted equal pay for women, signed into law the Affordable Care Act, approved the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act and ended the war in Iraq. He also signed financial reform and a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, and oversaw the push for the first successful mission to Mars. By the end of his second term, the U.S. economy had significantly improved, boosting job growth and decreasing unemployment.
After his presidency, Obama established the Obama Foundation, which aims to equip communities with the skills and resources needed to lead constructive change. He and former First Lady Michelle Obama have also written bestselling books, and maintain a large social media presence. Today, they are actively involved in many philanthropic projects, as well as in various projects related to global health, climate change, and voter turnout reform.