Peale oma vanemate lahutust kui poiss oli alles kahene, läks Obama isa tagasi Keeniasse ja poeg nägi teda veel ainult korra enne oma isa surma. Ann Dunham abiellus Indoneeslase Lolo Soetoroga, kellest sai Obama kasuisa. Kuuendal eluaastal kolis Obama oma perega Jakartasse, Indoneesiasse. Seal käis ta kohalikes koolides kuni sai kümne aastaseks ja kolis tagasi Honolulule. Seal elas ta koos oma emapoolsete vanavanematega. Alates viiendast klassist kuni keskooli lõpuni õppis ta Punahou koolis. Peale keskkooli kolis Obama Los Angelesse kus ta õppis kaks aastat Occidental Kolledzis. Ta läks edasi Columbia ülikooli, kus õppis peamiselt politoloogiat ja rahvusvahelisi suhteid. Obama lõpetas ülikooli bakalaureuse kraadiga 1983. aastal. Obama ema töötas Indoneesias põllutöölisena ja tuli sealt tagasi Hawaiile 1994. aastal. 1995. aastal suri ta vähki. 3
with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, and later his mother. His mother died of cancer in 1995. He saw his biological father only once (in 1971) after his parents divorced. And he admitted using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years. His biological father died in a 1982 car accident. Further education and career. Barack Obama was enrolled in the fifth grade at the esteemed Punahou Academy, graduating with honors in 1979. He was only one of three black students at the school. This is where Obama first became conscious of racism and what it meant to be an AfricanAmerican. After high school, Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York, graduating in 1983 with a degree in political science. Obama entered Harvard Law School in 1988. In February 1990, he was elected the first
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