Born in Honolulu, Hawaii,Aug. 4, 1961. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was a student from Kenya who herded goats as a child. His mother, Ann Dunham of Wichita, Kan., was a student at the University of ...

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NEW YORK, January 15: AETN has closed a number of deals for BIOGRAPHY: Barack Obama, less than a week ahead of his historic U.S. presidential inauguration. The hour-long program has been licensed to ...

In Barack Obama: The Story, journalist David Maraniss chronicles the president's "classic search for home." Maraniss says Obama's young life was... A Future President Finds Himself In New Obama Bio In ...