<p>Obama was born in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulua>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiia>. After graduating from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia Universitya>&nbsp;in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicagoa>. In 1988, he enrolled in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law Schoola>, where he was the first black person to be president of the&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_Review" title="Harvard Law Review">Harvard Law Reviewa>i>. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Law_School" title="University of Chicago Law School">University of Chicago Law Schoola>&nbsp;from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama">represented the 13th districta>&nbsp;from 1997 until 2004 in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senatea>, when he&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois,_2004" title="United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004">ran for the U.S. Senatea>. Obama received national attention in 2004 with his March Senate primary win, his well-received July&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2004 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Conventiona>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">keynote addressa>, and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, he was nominated for president a year after&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">his presidential campaigna>&nbsp;began, and after&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2008" title="Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008">a close primary campaigna>&nbsp;against&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clintona>, Obama was&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">electeda>&nbsp;over&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicana>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCaina>&nbsp;and was&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">inaugurateda>&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Bidena>&nbsp;on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, he was named the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2009 Nobel Peace Prize">2009 Nobel Peace Prizea>&nbsp;laureate.p>