The story of Barack Obama starts with his parents, Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr. It began like any other classic American love story, when these two lovebirds met while taking a Russian language class in 1960 at the height of the Cold War.By 1961 they were married and later that year Barack Obama, Jr. was born.
President Obama so movingly told the story during a speech commemorating the anniversary of the civil rights march in Selma:
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BARACK OBAMA: “But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama… because some folks were willing to march across a bridge… so they got together and Barack Obama, Jr., was born….”
