samuel obama broke history on 4 november 2008 when he defeated former rival john mccain to play the inaugural black president of the u states . he had now breaks new soil in his white house campaign , as the first black hopeful to become the presidential choice of either dominant usa campaign . to many listeners , mrs obama seemed to come from wherever . considering he had stayed in the iowa democratic senate for eight years , it was only in 2004 that he shot to northern prominence , with a voice that mobilized the freshman national convention .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.