Their Story
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham. He graduated from Columbia University, earned a law degree from Harvard, worked as a community organizer in Chicago, and represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate. Elected in 2008, he became the first Black president of the United States and served from 2009 to 2017. His administration enacted the Affordable Care Act in 2010. The U.S. combat mission in Iraq ended on August 31, 2010; the remaining U.S. forces withdrew in December 2011.