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==Early Life and Education==

==Early Life and Education==

Senator Obama was born in Honolulu, [[Hawaii]] to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham in 1961.  In 1967 he moved to Jakarta, [[Indonesia]] with his mother and new stepfather.  He attended an Indonesian Public School followed by a [[Catholic]] school until he returned with his mother to Hawaii.  There he attended the Punahou School, a private preparatory school until 1979, the year of his graduation.<br /><br />

Senator Obama was born in Honolulu, [[Hawaii]] to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham in 1961.  In 1967 he moved to Jakarta, [[Indonesia]] with his mother and new stepfather.  He attended an Indonesian Public School followed by a [[Catholic]] school until he returned with his mother to Hawaii.  There he attended the Punahou School, a private preparatory school until 1979, the year of his graduation.<br /><br />

Obama continued his education at Occidental College in Los Angeles, [[California]] before graduating with his Bachelor of Arts from [[Columbia University]] in New York, [[New York]].  After working as a community organizer in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, Obama enrolled at [[Harvard]] Law School. He was elected the first African American president of the [[liberal]] ''Harvard Law Review'', which has a [[quota]] system for accepting African Americans, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' with his J.D. in 1992.

After high school, Obama moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], where he studied at [[Occidental College]] for two years.<ref>{{cite news | title=Oxy Remembers "Barry" Obama '83 | date=[[January 29]] [[2007]] |  url=http://www.oxy.edu/x2526.xml | work =Occidental College |  accessdate=2008-01-04}} See also: {{cite news | first=Larry | last=Gordon |  title=Occidental Recalls 'Barry' Obama |  format=paid archive | date=[[January 29]] [[2007]] | url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1204378961.html?dids=1204378961:1204378961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+29%2C+2007&author=Larry+Gordon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.1 | work=Los Angeles Times | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> He then transferred to [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], where he majored in [[political science]] with a specialization in [[international relations]].<ref name='CCTJan05'>{{cite news | first=Shira | last=Boss-Bicak | title=Barack Obama ’83: Is He the New Face of The Democratic Party? | date=January 2005 | url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan05/cover.php | work=Columbia College Today|accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> Obama received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in 1983, then worked at [[Business International Corporation]] and [[New York Public Interest Research Group|NYPIRG]] before moving to [[Chicago]] to take a job as a [[community organizing| community organizer]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Janny | last=Scott | title=Obama's Account of New York Years Often Differs from What Others Say | date=[[October 30]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html | work=New York Times | accessdate=2008-01-04}} See also: Obama (1995), pp. 135–139.</ref> As Director of the Developing Communities Project, he worked with low-income residents in Chicago's [[Roseland, Chicago|Roseland]] community and the [[Altgeld Gardens, Chicago|Altgeld Gardens]] public housing development.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bob | last=Secter | coauthors=John McCormick | title=Portrait of a Pragmatist | date=[[March 30]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703300121mar30,1,282774.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed | work=Chicago Tribune | accessdate=2008-01-04}} See also: {{cite news | first=Ryan | last=Lizza | title=The Agitator: Barack Obama's Unlikely Political Education | format=alternate link | date=[[March 19]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.pickensdemocrats.org/info/TheAgitator_070319.htm | work =New Republic | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> He entered [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite news | first=Michael | last=Levenson | coauthors= Jonathan Saltzman | title=At Harvard Law, a Unifying Voice | date=[[January 28]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/28/at_harvard_law_a_unifying_voice/?page=full | work=Boston Globe | accessdate=2008-01-04}} See also: {{cite news | first=John | last=Heilemann | title=When They Were Young | date=[[October 22]] [[2007]] | url=http://nymag.com/news/features/39321/ | work=New York Magazine | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> In 1990, ''The New York Times'' reported his election as the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'s'' "first black president in its 104-year history".<ref>{{cite news | first=Fox | last=Butterfield | title=First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review | date=[[February 6]] [[1990]] | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DC1631F935A35751C0A966958260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FPeople%2FO%2FObama%2C%20Barack | work=New York Times | accessdate=2008-01-04}} See also: {{cite news | first=Jodi | last=Kantor | title=In Law School, Obama Found Political Voice | date=[[January 28]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/us/politics/28obama.html | work=New York Times | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> He completed his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]'' in 1991.<ref name=CV>{{cite news | url=http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/obama/cv.html | title=Curriculum Vitae | work=University of Chicago Law School | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> On returning to Chicago, Obama directed a [[voter registration drive]].<ref name=CV /> As an associate [[lawyer|attorney]] with Miner, Barnhill & Galland from 1993 to 1996, he represented community organizers, [[employment discrimination law in the United States|discrimination]] claims, and [[Voting Rights Act|voting rights]] cases.<ref>{{cite news | title=Law Graduate Obama Got His Start in Civil Rights Practice | date=[[February 19]] [[2007]] | publisher=International Herald Tribune | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/20/america/NA-POL-US-Obama-Attorney-at-Law.php | work=Associated Press | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref> He was a lecturer of [[constitutional law]] at the [[University of Chicago]] [[University of Chicago Law School|Law School]] from 1993 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | first=Abdon M | last=Pallasch | title=Professor Obama was a Listener, Students Say | date=[[February 12]] [[2007]] | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/253391,CST-NWS-prof12.article | work=Chicago Sun-Times | accessdate=2008-01-04}}</ref>

 

 

==Legal Career==

==Legal Career==