Obama's meteoric rise to power
Issue date: 1/25/09 Section: Divine Intervention
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1983: Becomes a full-time organizer and City College in Harlem making less than $10,000 a year to mobilize student volunteers.
1985: Moves to Chicago for a full-time community organizer gig with Developing Communities Project, a church-based group.
1990: Becomes the first Black president in the Harvard Law Review's 104-year history and graduates magna cum laude in 1991.
1991: Returns to Chicago to direct Project Vote, a grassroots voter registration program. Obama registers nearly 150,000 Black voters for the 1992 election.
Oct. 18 1992: Marries Michelle Robinson in a ceremony performed by Rev. Wright at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
1993: Works as an associate at Chicago law firm Miner, Barnhill and Galland also works as a part-time professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School.
1995: Publishes "Dreams From My Father"
1996: Elected to Illinois State Senate
March 21, 2000: Loses Democratic nomination for U.S. House seat to incumbent Bobby Rush.
Oct. 2, 2002: Publicly opposes Iraq War during speech in downtown Chicago.
March 16, 2004: Wins Democratic Primary for a U.S. Senate seat.
July 27, 2004: Delivers keynote address at DNC.
Nov. 2, 2004: Wins U.S. Senate seat.
October 2006: Publishes "The Audacity of Hope"
Jan. 16, 2007: Announces plans for White House bid. Obama formerly entered the race on Feb. 10.
Sep. 12, 2007: Presents proposal for troop withdrawal, future of Iraq
Jan. 3, 2008: Wins Iowa primary, the nation's first caucus.
March 18, 2008: Delivers poignant speech on race as Rev. Wright's past sermons threaten to overshadow campaign.
Aug. 27, 2008: Becomes the first African-American major party nominee for president.
Nov. 4, 2008: Elected President of the United States.
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