Barack Obama is the first ever African American president in history and he is possibly the most valuable person in African American history. He is one of the best presidents to ever step into the oval office. Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is a graduate from the University of Columbia and Harvard Law School. Barack is a participant of the democratic party in Illinois. He is also known for the book he wrote in 1995, which was based off of his father and it is about of the inheritance of an entire race. It was such a great book, that the original copy of it was re - written in 25 different languages. It was also such a great book that in 2005 it won a Grammy Award. In 1996, Obama ran as a democratic republican at the democratic party. As well as winning democratic president, he wanted to start helping people by starting a new health care service called Obama Care. Last but not least, in 2008 he got elected president of the United States of America.That is the story of Barack Obama.