Young Obama was playing baseball.

Obama attended Harvard Law School and was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

He attended Harvard Law School and was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he returned to Chicago where he practiced civil rights law and taught courses on the Constitution at the University of Chicago.

Obama decided to make his first run for public office in 1996, winning a seat in the Illinois State Senate. Four years later, he sought a seat in the US House of Representatives, but without success.