Barack Obama 44th U.S. President
First African American Presidents
A message of hope
On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama was inaugurated as the president of the United States.
His background
President Obama was a community organizer in Chicago. He went to Harvard Law School and served as a State Senator for Illionis. In 2004 he ran for a position as a U. S. senator. After just months of being as U. S. senator, President Obama announced he was running for President.