“It falls to each of us to be those anxious,
jealous guardians of our democracy;
to embrace the joyous task we’ve been given
to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.
Because for all our outward differences,
we all share the same proud title:
Citizen.”
~ Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.
He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Source | More
