Black History Heroes: Barack Obama

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00:00105.1 The Bounce presents Black History Heroes, powered by Cricket Wireless. I'm Zaney Kaye.

00:08Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 to biracial parents.

00:12When Obama was age 2, his father, Barack Sr., left to study at Harvard University.

00:16Shortly thereafter, in 1964, and Barack's mother and Barack Sr. divorced.

00:21After his mother remarried, Barack was sent to live with his grandparents.

00:24Obama enrolled in the esteemed Panahu Academy.

00:27He excelled in basketball and graduated with academic honors in 1979.

00:31Obama attended college in Los Angeles and New York City,

00:34where in 1983 he received a bachelor's degree in political science.

00:37He returned to school three years later and graduated magna cum laude in 1991

00:41from Harvard University's Law School, where he was the first African-American

00:45to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review.

00:47After law school, in February 2007, Barack Obama made headlines when he announced his candidacy

00:53for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

00:56On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama defeated Republican presidential nominee John McCain to win the election

01:03and become the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American to hold this office.

01:09He won a second term in 2012.

01:11We salute Black History Hero President Barack Obama.

01:14I'm Zany Kay for 105.1 The Bounce.

01:17All February long, 105.1 The Bounce is paying tribute to African-American icons

01:22who have contributed to the advancement of our people, politics, science, sports, and through the arts.

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