TEN-YEAR-OLD Barack Obama was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii （夏威夷）, US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people.

　　I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan （肯尼亚） prince. But I kept asking myself who I am, said Obama.

　　However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Last Wednesday Obama became the first black president （总统） in US history.

　　Obama was born in 1961, to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. He grew up in Indonesia （印度尼西亚） and Hawaii. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol （酒精） to help forget this question.

　　With help from his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard （哈佛大学）. Later, he became only the third black senator （参议员） in US history.

　　During his race to the highest post in the US, Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America, rather than a white America or a black America.

　　Obamas success has made Martin Luther Kings dream come true. That is: A man should not *be judged （判断） by the color of his skin （皮肤）, but by the content of his character, wrote ABC news.

　　BONUS

　　Martin Luther King was a great fighter for the rights of black people in the US. He made the famous I have a dream speech to call for the equality of people of different colors. He *was assassinated （暗杀） in 1968 at the age of 39.