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President Elect Barack H. Obama

[edit] Fast Facts

• Elected 44th President of the United States of America
• Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  
• Obtained early education in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Hawaii
  
• Continued education at Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
  
• Received a B.A. in 1983 from Columbia University, New York City
  
• Worked as a community organizer in Chicago, Illinois
  
• Studied law at Harvard University, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review and received J.D. in 1991
  
• Lecturer on constitutional law, University of Chicago
  
• Member, Illinois State senate 1997-2004
  
• Elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004 for term beginning January 3, 2005.
• Democratic Party Nominee for U.S. President won in close race with U.S. Senator Hillary R. Clinton.
• First African American to accept Democratic nomination for President of United Stats.
• Obama worked as an associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood in Chicago.
  

[edit] Books

• Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, 1995. Reprint 2004
  
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. 2006.

[edit] Urban Garden Suggestions for White House First Lawn

A an organization called Eat the View is working to encourage the new first family to grow and maintain an large organic urban garden on their first lawn to promote sustainable food.  The group recommends food grown on the lawn be served at the White House and given to local food shelters.  Please contribute to the list below of suggestions for what the first family should plant in the first urban garden.

Suggestions for What Should be Planted in First Family's Urban Garden

• Kale
• Sunflowers for Sasha and Malia
• Purple Potatoes

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Website Resources

Swedes for Obama  - Swedes in support of Obama site

Logo Obama- let's you insert a photo or image into an Obama Logo

[edit] Speeches

Barack Obama's acceptance speech in Chicago on the evening of the November 4, 2008 presidential election.

Highlights from Democratic Convention Keynote 2004

[edit] Other Video

The music video includes excerpts from Obama's speech and appearances from several celebrities: Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta, and Nick Cannon. "I'm blown away by how many people wanted to come and be a part of it in a short amount of time. It was all out of love and hope for change and really representing America and looking at the world," will.i.am said.