Life Accomplishments

1. In 1988, he enrolled at Harvard Law School. After his first year, he was chosen as editor of the Harvard Law Review, and the next year he became its first black president.

2. After a tight battle with former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama took the nomination. He then went up against Republican Senator John McCain to fight for the Presidency. Obama ultimately won 365 electoral votes and almost 53 per cent of the popular vote on November 4th, 2008. And, on January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated the 44th President of the United States, and the country’s first African American leader.

3. December 2009, he was controversially awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.