Obama has broken the color barrier of the Oval Office. January 20, 2009 he will become the first African American President of the United States of America. Obama has defined Hope, raised by a single mother and grandparents of not much wealth in Kansas.His mother taught the young Barackmorals and values ashe grew up. Barack had the benefit of being surrounded by culture. His father was born Kenya, and have the divorce, Barack spent several years in Indonesia. He took out college loans toattend Columbia University and Harvard Law.