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Obama Timeline |
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| 11/29/1942 | Ann Dunham (Mother) born in Ft Leavenworth. KS | ||
| After 1945 | Family moves KS to CA to TX to WA | ||
| 1959 | Family moves to Hawaii | ||
| 2/2/1961 | Ann Marries Barak Obama Sr. | ||
| 8/4/1961 | Barak Obama Jr. born | ||
| 1963 | Father leaves family | ||
| 1964 | Mother divorces father | ||
| 1967 | Mother Marries Lolo Soweto and moves from Hawaii to Indonesia | ||
| 1967 - 1971 | Barack Obama attends school in Jakarta, receives some Muslim training. | ||
| 1971-1979 | Barak leaves mother to live with his well-to-do
grandmother in Hawaii where he attends 5th grade through 12th grade. |
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| 1979-1981 | Attends Occidental College in LA | ||
| 1981-1983 | Attends Columbia University in New York
Major Political Science BA Obama declines repeated requests to talk about his New York years, release his Columbia transcript or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years. |
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| 1983-1985 | Worked in NYC | ||
| 1985-1988 | Moves to Chicago, works as a community organizer
director for an organization (DCP) which is linked with Black Christian Churches in the area. |
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| 1988 | Meets Rev. Wright and joins his Church | ||
| 1990 |
Rev Wright gives 'Audacity of Hope' sermon Obama accepts Christianity after hearing sermon |
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| 1988-1991 | Boston, Harvard Law School Became first black President
of the Harvard Law Review, which led to a publishing contract and advance to write a book about race relations (Dreams of My Father) published in 1995. Interns in Chicago |
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| 1992 | Working in Chicago, active in politics and black civil
rights Marries Michelle |
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| 1996 | Runs for the Illinois Senate and wins the seat. | ||
| 1998 | Reelected | ||
| 2000 | Loses primary for US House of Representatives | ||
| 2002 | Reelected to Illinois Senate | ||
| 2002-2004 | Runs for and wins Illinois Senate seat in Congress | ||
| 2006 | Publishes the Audacity of Hope | ||
| 2007-2008 | Runs for President | ||