Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, 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 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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President Barack Obama named the Stonewall Inn the country’s first LGBTQ+ rights monument."The story of America is a story of progress.
It’s written by ordinary people who put their shoulders to the wheel of history to make sure that the promise of our founding applies not just to some of us — but to all of us,” Obama began in an address at the time he designated the inn as a monument.Obama continued:"One of these special places is the Stonewall Inn.
