Jeriel Torres and Yaniel Zackey

February 13, 2023

Barack Obama

Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously

served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008. He previously worked as a civil rights

lawyer before entering politics. Obama signed many landmark bills into law during his first two

years in office. He is one of the mostly known presidents of the United States.

Barrack Obamas’ main accomplishment is being the first African-American United States

President. While in his Presidency, he had many more: he saved the country from Great

Recession, cutting unemployment from 10% to 4.7% over six years; the war in Iraq; provided

healthcare for over 20 million Americans; saved the U.S. auto industry; dropped the veteran

homeless rate by 50%; began normalizing relations with Cuba; signed the hate crimes prevention

act; won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

His election increased hopes for race relations, especially black people, his image improved

other countries' view of the states, especially Europe, it gave more confidence in international

affairs with the US. He expanded the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

(STEM), restoring science to its "rightful" place. He promoted transparency, openness, and

integrity, which significantly increased the country's trust in him. He worked to break down

gender stereotypes in toys and media. He funded and improved so many areas such as jobs, the

economy, and even the ecosystem, where he promoted pollinator health and even created the
first-ever national marine policy. He also provided a great deal of funding in medicine, as he

sought a new era of medicine that would provide the right treatment, taking into account an

individual's health history, genes and lifestyle. The U.S. space program experienced a revival,

and he succeeded in reducing the cost of space exploration. He had tremendous influence and

vision. Perhaps some of his words did not come true, but at a time when tensions with Iraq were

very high, he kept America in check and helped avoid a second economic crisis. One of Obama

multiple speeches he made was the A More Perfect Union Speech. In this speech Obama

addresses the subjects of racial tension, white privilege, and racial inequality in the US, and other

issues as he sought to explain and contextualize Wright’s controversial comments. The point of

the speech was to address comments made by Reverend Wright, comments that threatened to

divide the country on issues of race and equality at a time when everyone needed to be working

together to fix those problems.

Clearly Barack Obama was one of the best presidents the United States had. He helped in so

many ways the African American community and not only that he helped his whole country and

others. What the United States need are more presidents like him who want to help everyone and

want equality for everyone.

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