Barack Obama began his political career in 1997 representing Chicago’s South Side in the Illionis Senate. In July 2004 Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston-a sure sign of his rising popuarity. Four months later, Illinois voters elected him to the U.S. Senate with 70 percent of the popular vote, the widest margin of victory for any Senate candidate in Illinois history. In November 2008 Obama was elected to the presidency with 54 percent of the popular vote. In his victory speech in Chicago’s Grant Park, Obama remarked, change has come to America. On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.
This is from the African-American Heritage Calendar 2011
Wishing you Good Health, Life & Strength
Robin
Encouragement For The Day 