Cnn obama biography maranissimo

Father: Barack Hussein Obama, goat herder-turned-economist

Marriage:Michelle (Robinson) Obama (October 3, 1992-present)

Children: Natasha (Sasha) and Malia

Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1983, Harvard University, J.D., 1991

The name Barack means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.

Is the first African-American to be president of the Harvard Law Review.

Nominated for three Grammy Awards, and won two.

Nominated for two Emmy Awards, and won two.

1964 - His parents divorce when he is 2 years old.

Late 1960s - Lives in Indonesia with mother and stepfather Lolo Soetoro.

1971 - Returns to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents and attend school.

November 24, 1982 - Barack Obama Sr. dies in a car accident in Kenya.

1992-2004 - Practices civil rights law and teaches constitutional law at the University of Chi