The Obamas

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama gaze at the Chicago skyline in 2012. (Pete Souza, White House photo)

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This page of The Sankofa Archives/Galleries is dedicated to Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961), who made history when he was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009 making him the first African-American to hold this office.  This page is also dedicated to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) who became the first African-American First Lady of the United States with the inauguration of her husband Barack Obama.