barack obama achieved history on 4 november 2008 after he defeated republican rival john obama to remain the first black presidency of the united states . he had yet struck new footing in his white house campaign , as the inaugural black hopeful to become the primary choice of neither major political convention . to young readers , monsieur obama sounded to come from nowhere . if he had served in the illinois state senator for 11 years , it was only in 2004 that he leaped to national prominence , with a statement that stirring the democratic national convention .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.