
Clark Reynolds, 3, is greeted by President Barack Obama during a Black History Month Celebration held Feb.18, 2016 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Pete Souza/White House)
Washington Post: This photo of Obama and a little visitor at a Black History Month celebration is remarkable
For 3-year-old Clark Reynolds, Thursday began like most others.
Morning preparations gave way to hours at school and then a visit to his mother’s office to change into a suit and tie. Clark’s mother, Nichole Francis Reynolds is a former congressional staffer who now works in the private sector. Friends had secured an invitation for Reynolds and her son to the White House’s Black History Month celebration, the final gathering of its kind while the first black president remains in office. But Francis Reynolds had only told Clark that he had earned a special treat. He is, after all, only 3.
What Clark does know is the president’s name, his face when he sees Obama on TV and the sound of President Obama’s voice when it comes through the satellite radio in his dad’s car…..
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