A few years before he was an Illinois state senator, long before he became a U.S. Senator and years before the nation elected him our first African-American president, Barack Obama was a law professor and community organizer.
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Just before he went off to law school, Obama traveled to Kenya to learn more about his father, and to try and put some perspective on his mixed-race heritage.
The result was his book “Dreams From My Father.”
So here now, from 1995, Barack Obama.
Tomorrow, August 4th, is Barack Obama’s 59th birthday.