The official Barack Obama portrait of the 44th President was revealed by his office yesterday. It was taken with a digital camera by White House Photographer, Pete Souza.
<p>Barack Obama, a man of African descent is now the President elect of this country. This is an unprecedented historical event. What is general significance of his victory for African Americans? What does this mean in terms of the progress African Americans have made in this country?</p>
This weekend will be a historic even for African Americans, hundreds of thousands of African Americans will convene on Washington DC, chocolate city, to celebrate the first inauguration of a black president.
From PARADE: <em>Next Tuesday, Barack Obama will be sworn in as our 44th President. On this historic occasion, PARADE asked the President-elect, who is also a devoted family man, to get personal and tell us what he wants for his children. Here, he shares his letter to them. </em>
The new car Barack Obama will use is a Cadillac that rivals the bulletproof SUV that rapper, 50 Cent drives.
An actor turns a dilapidated, inner-city mosque into a theater in just a few days. A 20-year-old buckles down on his studies at a historically black college after his mother dies of cancer. A community organizer decides his plan to create thousands of green jobs is too modest and enlarges it twenty-fold.
There is no box on U.S. Census forms that accurately describes Ray Gongora. The Belize-born naturalized citizen grew up in an English-speaking Central American country, a former British colony where African slaves were once sold. He emigrated in 1986 to a country that deemed him Hispanic based on the geography of his birth.
Judging by the lineup, Sunday’s inaugural celebration for Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial is a coveted gig for music’s top names.
President-elect Barack Obama’s Kenyan stepgrandmother will be among the millions of people in Washington for the Inauguration.
A week shy of taking office, President-elect Barack Obama already is putting his persuasion skills to a high-stakes test with Congress as he seeks access to the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund.
President-elect Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Saturday night with his family to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he frequently invokes as an inspiration.
What does the president-elect order on his first Saturday afternoon since moving into town? A chili dog and cheese fries.
