Barak Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4 th , 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters. Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father . “I always live in the dream of my father and American people,” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4 th , 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years. 6. Where was Barack Obama born?