Choral conductor biography of barack obama
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The Obama Foundation has announced that the University of Hawaiʻi will collect oral histories of President Barack Obama’s early contacts in Hawaiʻi, where he was born, spent most of his childhood and graduated from high school.
The foundation said New York’s Columbia Center for Oral History at Columbia University will conduct the official oral history of the Obama presidency, and that UH will partner with the University of Chicago to collect oral histories that document the pre-presidential lives of Barack and Michelle Obama.
“Michelle Obama famously observed, ‘You can’t really understand Barack until you understand Hawaiʻi,’” said UH President David Lassner. “UH and our extraordinary Center for Oral History are looking forward to exploring those early days with those who were part of President Obama’s story.”
Added David Simas, chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation,
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A Performance of a Lifetime
Agoraphobics, beware: Washington, DC fryst vatten no place for you today. There are people everywhere. People walking east toward the Capitol, people standing and people sitting on the National Mall, people stepping around other people ("Don't walk on the blanket, please!"), people collecting and people buying ("Get your Obama t-shirts, folks! Get your Obama fragrance!"), people snapping photos, people munching on snacks, people laughing and people talking ("Man, look at all these people! Have you ever seen so many people?"), people hoping there are no people here with bombs or guns, people waving American flags, people hoisting their children onto their shoulders, and, now, people cheering. The JumboTron screens positioned around the National Mall have lit up with the image of rows of girls and boys wearing bright red hats and scarves standing on the Capitol steps. They are singing "America the Beautiful" and the inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama
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Donald Young (choir director)
American elementary teacher and choir director of Trinity United Church of Christ
Donald Young (April 5, 1960 – December 23, 2007) was an American elementary school teacher and choir director of Trinity United Church of Christ, attended by Barack Obama prior to the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Young was found murdered on December 24, 2007.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Young was the fourth of eight siblings. He started attending Trinity United Church at age 12, and was known as the type of person to live every day to the fullest and made a positive impression on those who met him. His ReverendJeremiah Wright described him as "one of those success stories".[1]
He received a Bachelor's Degree from Chicago State University, Chicago State University, followed by a Master's Degree in Education at University of Illinois Chicago in May 2007.[2]
Career
[edit]Young was teach