barack had made up on 4 november 2008 : he defeated former rival john glenn to become the sixth black president of the individual states . he had already struck new record in his white house campaign , as the first black american to become the second choosing of one major uk one . to these people , mr obama seemed to arise from somewhere . although he had served in the illinois commonwealth senate for eight years , it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence , with a speech that stirred the libertarian general conventions .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.