Creative Organizing

Saw this story of a young person doing great work and wanted to share it—keep it up, David! That’s some creative organizing.https://t.co/bbkbf7vygr

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 28, 2019

Fayetteville And Charlotte

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President Obama Campaigns In Charlotte

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Live Here

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Early Bird Chat: The Brilliant First Lady Michelle Obama

https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/783353969888329728

.@FLOTUS: Not paying taxes "doesn't make you smarter than" those who pay their "fair share." https://t.co/RehPEjMoR0

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 4, 2016

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All Times Eastern

10AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

11:15AM: President Obama receives a briefing at FEMA headquarters on Hurricane Matthew

1PM: Press Secretary Josh Earnest holds the White House Briefing

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Tapping microphone, @FLOTUS says @HillaryClinton "doesn't cry foul" at adversity: https://t.co/EOqEDoIlLM https://t.co/0kdSbRkcxN

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 4, 2016

.@FLOTUS says @POTUS will need a job soon: "Someone's gotta hire that man." https://t.co/qhv6KK5Uv9

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 4, 2016

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.@FLOTUS to those not "inspired" by Clinton: "I'm inspired by Hillary...and yes, she just happens to be a woman." https://t.co/xZPdXurN0v

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 4, 2016

.@FLOTUS: We need "someone who will take the job seriously...who will actually study and prepare" in the White House https://t.co/P7jQGwBxK2

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 4, 2016

‘Protect And Serve’ – Those Words Ring Hollow

It's not the responsibility of marginalized people to change a system we did not create. #KeithLamontScott #TerenceCrutcher

— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) September 21, 2016

Kill a groundhog, suspended without pay.

Kill a black person, promoted.

America. https://t.co/39Aq2fyztZ

— deray (@deray) September 21, 2016

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Adam Rhew captured the picture that says so much

#Charlotte #cmpd pic.twitter.com/LJVfhRcgUc

— Adam Rhew (@AdamRhew) September 21, 2016

This photogragher deserves a Pulitzer for this shot. Contrast "to protect and serve" with the reader board on the bus. #KeithLamontScott pic.twitter.com/IVc5acioxJ

— Matthew Robinson 🇺🇦 (@Robinsonpost) September 21, 2016

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If you keep killing us, there won’t be any black people left to stand for the National Anthem — and I know how important that is to you.

— Saeed, Or The Other One (@theferocity) September 20, 2016

All I can think about tonight is #keithlamontscott's son, who arrived at the bus stop to find his father dead.

— Audrey Assad (@audreyassad) September 21, 2016

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Protests grow after police seeking suspect kill different man in Charlotte https://t.co/J7AresbOTC #KeithLamontScott

— NBCBLK (@NBCBLK) September 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/Kdizz_/status/778394716417163265

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About 99.9999% of the people who have told black people how they should protest have disappeared & been silent on #TerenceCruthcher

— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) September 20, 2016

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https://twitter.com/the_adam_bomb1/status/778413766769795072

The last time someone was at risk of getting killed for reading or knowing how to read was during slavery. It's 2016 tho. #KeithLamontScott

— Steve 🏁 (@StephCurryGoat) September 21, 2016

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Who do we regard as criminal? The white woman? Or the black man? Constructions of criminality from long ago are at work. #TerenceCrutcher

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 20, 2016

4 guns + 4 tazers + 4 cans of mace + 4 bulletproof vests

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1 unarmed black man #TerenceCrutcher

(We scare y'all THAT much?)

— Trill Axelrod (@TheTrillAC) September 20, 2016

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Police in Charlotte tonight, photographed by @AdamRhew. Note the “NOT IN SERVICE” sign on the bus. Nothing to add. pic.twitter.com/KXF6ROcZux

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) September 21, 2016

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https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/778420457888358400

The last time someone was at risk of getting killed for reading or knowing how to read was during slavery. It's 2016 tho. #KeithLamontScott

— Steve 🏁 (@StephCurryGoat) September 21, 2016

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Wonder how many people would say those few Eagles players are being disrespectful but the guy on his phone isn't. pic.twitter.com/DEH7l2YD6f

— ⓙⓐⓦⓝ (@jawnes12) September 20, 2016

The saddest part of this story is that #KeithLamontScott's son got off that school bus this evening only to find his father dead. I'm livid.

— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) September 21, 2016

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When hands up isn't enough. RIP #TerenceCrutcher. https://t.co/rWELd9XaRX

— Andscape (@andscape) September 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/778300949093679104

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"That looks like a bad dude."

That's what an officer said about unarmed #TerenceCrutcher before he was shot down.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

This is all a familiar narrative. Saying that black bodies were acting erratically and disobeying before "lynching" them.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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We've heard all of these phrases before: "I thought he had a gun." "He was reaching for a weapon." "Administrative leave."

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

I'm tired of it. Black people get demonized then victimized, then blamed for their own deaths. When will this stop?

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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They tasered #TerenceCrutcher, THEN shot him.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

And folks around this country wonder why we kneel or sit for the national anthem.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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We kneel/sit for the anthem because when black folks stand, police are shooting us down.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

Once again, blacks are forced to endure this trauma, then go operate in white spaces as if we are okay. We aren't.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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White people literally don't have to worry about violence on their bodies or minds when out in public. THAT is carefree.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

Police protect white people when they're breaking the law. They shoot blacks when we're innocent.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

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And we have to live everyday with that realization...that if I encounter a police officer today, I might die.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

I just...I got nothing today y'all. My blackness is weary.

— Himmy Butler. (@kidnoble) September 20, 2016

Early Bird Chat

An attendee carries a tote bag with a picture of President Barack Obama during a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton

The President’s Day In North Carolina

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President Barack Obama speaks as Hillary Clinton, presumptive 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, listens during a campaign rally at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina

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The President And First Lady’s Day

President Barack Obama meets with (L-R) Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Guinean President Alpha Conde and makes a statement on their progress in the fight against the Ebola virus and their efforts to create long-term economic recovery for the West African countries

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President Obama walks across the South Lawn before departing the White House aboard Marine One in Washington, DC. to Charlotte, North Carolina

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Pete Souza: Rainy day. President Obama arrives in Charlotte, N.C.

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Pete Souza: President Obama waits backstage before being introduced at town hall in Charlotte.

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President Obama holds a town hall meeting with BlogHer and SheKnows about working families issues at the ImaginOn educational center in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Pete Souza: President Obama signing photos backstage at Imaginon in Charlotte after today’s town hall.

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President Obama says hello to a baby as he greets military families in a cargo bay, due to a steady rain outside, after arriving aboard Air Force One at Charlotte Air National Guard Base

President Obama speaks with BlogHer co-founder and SheKnows COO Lisa Stone during a town hall meeting at Imaginon

President Obama greets attendees after a town hall meeting

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First Lady Michelle Obama runs up to greet local students before planting vegetables in the White House kitchen garden. This is the seventh year in a row the First Lady has planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn to initiate a national conversation around healthy eating.

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Home

Rise and Shine

President Barack Obama on Marine One en route to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England following the NATO Summit in Wales, Sept. 5, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Instagrams from the President’s trip to Estonia and Wales: http://t.co/kxVVwRUlzV

— petesouza (@petesouza) September 6, 2014

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In case you missed it, love this:

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“He was really a sweetie. He asked us all our names… (his) photographer took a photo for us” http://t.co/O8U4rKoM2F pic.twitter.com/hDJdckUgP5

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) September 6, 2014

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How a British ‘Bee’ Met @BarackObama at Stonehenge http://t.co/0UWhuaph0x http://t.co/eLnaElRq9s via @WSJPolitics pic.twitter.com/twsEqIfTPt

— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) September 5, 2014

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@AFP

At Stonehenge yesterday

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So this is how it felt to live in John McCain’s time?! pic.twitter.com/yp6bHs3NwV

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) September 6, 2014

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A legend who rocks visits a legend in rocks. (Pic via @TheObamaDiary) #Obama #Stonehenge #p2 pic.twitter.com/GAP5GgbKVp

— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) September 5, 2014

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@TheObamaDiary Drill for oil!!! #UniteBlue

— Michael Terry (@michaelterry337) September 6, 2014

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President Barack Obama bids farewell to National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice before boarding Marine One at the Boscomb Down Airbase landing zone for departure from Wiltshire en route to Fairford, England, Sept. 5, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

More Pete Souza photos from the trip here

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Welcome home Mr President, yet another foreign trip where you did us all proud. pic.twitter.com/Dax9PlSi7T

— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 6, 2014

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On This Day

While the President was waiting anxiously backstage before his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., daughters Malia and Sasha came in to wish him well.” Sept. 6, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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The Obama and Biden families joined together onstage following the President’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.” Sept. 6, 2012 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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First Lady Michelle Obama participates in musical activities with students during a back to school “Let’s Move!” Active Schools event at Orr Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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A Year Ago Tomorrow

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Sept. 6, 2012: “While the President was waiting anxiously backstage before his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., daughters Malia and Sasha came in to wish him well.” (Photo by Pete Souza)