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Chicago: Where it Began. From Michelle (Robinson) Obama’s childhood in the South Shore community through Barack Obama’s years of teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, and their historic 2008 election night celebration in Grant Park, The Barack Obama Foundation story starts in Chicago. January 17, 1964.
Obama’s election to the Senate instantly made him the highest-ranking African American officeholder in the country and, along with the excitement generated by his convention speech and his books (Dreams from my Father, brought back into print, joined The Audacity of Hope on the bestseller list), placed him high on the roster of prospective Democratic presidential candidates in 2008.
4 de nov. de 2008 · Nov 4, 2008 8:25 PM. ... "I was never the likeliest candidate for this office," Obama said in an acceptance speech in Chicago ... President-elect Barack Obama gives his acceptance speech at ...
4 de jun. de 2008 · Tue 3 Jun 2008 21.22 EDT. Barack Obama has made history by beating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination and becoming the first African-American with a viable chance of winning the White ...
4 de nov. de 2008 · November 4, 2008 / 5:25 PM EST / CBS. In an extraordinary moment in America's history, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th ...
5 de nov. de 2012 · FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama delivers his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago. The Republican Party was in shambles, and Barack Obama's throngs of emboldened Democrats filled the November air with chants of "Yes we can!" "Change has come to America," Obama declared in ...
