Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Kaupapa: I whānau a Obama ki Honolulu, Hawaii. I muri i tana tohu i te Whare Wananga o Columbia i te 1983, i mahi ia hei kaiwhakahaere hapori i Chicago. I te tau 1988, i uru ia ki te Kura Ture o Harvard, ko ia te perehitini pango tuatahi o te Harvard Law Review. Whai muri i tana tohu, ka noho ia hei roia mo nga tika tangata me te kaiwhakaako, e whakaako ana i te ture ture i te Whare Wananga o Chicago Law School mai i te 1992 ki te 2004. I tohu ia i te rohe 13 mo nga wa e toru i roto i te Whare Kaunihera o Illinois mai i te 1997 tae noa ki te 2004 i a ia e rere ana mo te Whare Kaunihera o Amerika. I whiwhi ia i te aro o te motu i te tau 2004 me tana wikitoria tuatahi i te Maehe, tana whaikorero matua i te Hui-tanguru Democratic National Convention, me tana pooti pooti i te marama o Noema ki te Whare Kaunihera. I te tau 2008, i tohua ia hei perehitini i te tau i muri i te tiimata o tana pakanga me muri i te pakanga tuatahi tata ki a Hillary Clinton. I whiriwhiria ia i runga i te Republican John McCain, a ka whakatuhia i te Hanuere 20, 2009. E iwa marama i muri mai, i whakaingoatia ia hei toa Nobel Peace Prize 2009.  Pātai: he aha tana mahi i te tau 1988
i uru ki te Kura Ture o Harvard