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On November 4, 2008, more than 69.4 million Americans voted for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) to become the 44th president of the United States. 44 iconic images of Barack Obama's tenure as ...
Steele wrote a short book, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win, published in December 2007. The book contained Steele's analysis of Barack Obama's character as a child born to a mixed couple who then had to grow as a black man. [10] Steele concluded that Obama is a "bound man" to his "black identity."
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Media in category "Non-free images of Barack Obama" The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 ...
Obama has been impersonated on the sketch show Saturday Night Live more than 60 times between 2008 and 2016, where he was parodied by first Fred Armisen and later Jay Pharoah. [156] [157] [158] He did a cameo appearance on the show in 2007, when he was running for president. [159] Obama became a popular subject for artists during his ...
And he did – advocating for the public good, consequences be damned," Obama, the country's 45th president, said in a statement. "He believed some things were more important than reelection ...
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Obama began to run for president just three years after that speech. In response to a political controversy involving race during the primary campaign, he delivered his "A More Perfect Union" speech, which was widely seen as a critical point in the campaign. Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008 and subsequently re-elected in 2012.