barack has made legend on 4 nov 2008 that he defeated longtime congressman george bush to become the fourth black presidential of the united states . he had already broken the ground in his red house campaign , as the first black candidate to become the president preference of either major national party . to many people , lord clinton seemed to appear from nowhere . although he had served in the illinois state senate for eight year , it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence , with a speech that stirred the obama national conventions .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.