Trayvon Martin: 10 Years

It’s hard to believe it's been 10 years since Trayvon Martin was killed. Leading up to this anniversary, I reflected on what his death meant to me as president, as a Black parent, and as a Black man—as well as what it meant for our country. pic.twitter.com/Ywt22dOGup

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2022

Freedom To Vote

A couple years ago, the Florida state government rolled back a measure that would have given many formerly incarcerated Floridians their right to vote. Now, they can only cast a ballot if they pay off their incarceration debt. It's essentially a poll tax. https://t.co/nLFOhrhtEz

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 13, 2021

That’s why I’m asking all of you to call your Senators today and tell them to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. It’s a bill that will help fight voter suppression like this—and strengthen our democracy for all of us. https://t.co/iRPMqCGiqM

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 13, 2021

Breaking The Barrier

So excited to see Kim Ng named the first woman and first Asian-American General Manager in the MLB. I grew up loving the Cubs, but I’ll be cheering you on!https://t.co/Nl9YNryOn6

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 13, 2020

President Obama In Miami

Hello, Florida! It's #VoteEarlyDay and we’re just 10 days away from this election. I want to see you make a plan today for how you’re going to get involved and vote. Let’s get to work. https://t.co/lq3jqYjrOX

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 24, 2020

Magnifying Who You Are

November 3rd, 2016 pic.twitter.com/ncU2WNyf4v

— Matt Rogers (@Politidope) September 7, 2019

Candor, Wisdom, And Laughter

Today I joined students @SpelmanCollege, @CAU, and @Morehouse to talk about the importance of celebrating our stories. By embracing our whole truth, we don’t just understand ourselves better, we open ourselves to a better understanding of everyone else’s stories too. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/2vhABDbeo5

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 11, 2019

We’re honored to have @MichelleObama on campus to discuss “Becoming” with our “Black Women: Developing Public Leadership Skills” class, led by political science professor Dr. Marilyn Davis. The class studied the autobiography as a part of the course curriculum. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/Nwu4AJAENt

— Spelman College (@SpelmanCollege) May 11, 2019

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Did last of my interviews w/ @MichelleObama for her #IAmBecoming book tour & it sure was fun. So much candor, wisdom & laughter. As she rounds the corner to the end of the tour, a round of applause for her vision to make her book come alive for readers around the world pic.twitter.com/i48fL3miA6

— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) May 11, 2019

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Refusing To Settle

In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country. I'm proud of all of them.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 14, 2019

Today would have been Jordan’s 24th birthday.

I am honoring my son’s life by working for common sense solutions to end gun violence and save as many lives as possible.

Happy birthday, Jordan.#EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/vBkhIahYKm

— Rep. Lucy McBath (@RepLucyMcBath) February 16, 2019

Vote.Vote.Vote.Vote.

Whoa. This is the line for early voting in #Houston. Literally people camped out last night so they could be among the first to vote. “This is one of the most important elections of our lifetimes,” Cody Pogue tells me pic.twitter.com/swtTEmcjcZ

— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) October 22, 2018

Shoutout to everyone in Miami-Dade County who camped out overnight to be the FIRST ones in line for early voting today! This is how we #BringItHome!! pic.twitter.com/4HN2Z19SAI

— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) October 22, 2018

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Voters camped out last night to be the first to vote early today. Photo taken at 1:00 a.m. at Shenandoah Park. @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/FHx1bgDed9

— Maya Kaufman (@mayakauf) October 22, 2018

Is this a @BetoORourke rally? Nope - it’s a massive crowd of Texans in Montgomery County waiting in line to vote early. #VoteWithBeto

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— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 22, 2018

A Voting Rockstar

Michelle Obama walked on stage to a rock star's welcome in the final stop of her "When We All Vote" campaign “ a nonpartisan effort to encourage voting in this year's midterm election. https://t.co/OQj4sr99v9 pic.twitter.com/7532n07hi9

— ABC News (@ABC) September 29, 2018

The First Lady In Miami

Now’s the time to channel all your energy and emotion into getting fired up for Election Day—and I’m excited to be in Miami with @WhenWeAllVote to do just that! Join us live at https://t.co/eG4xstGNxY https://t.co/KwmyVBAZy8

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) September 28, 2018

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That was fun, Miami! Thank you for everything you’ve done to make the @WhenWeAllVote Week of Action a success. Now let’s get out there and make sure that everyone we know votes in November for something they believe in.

Text WeAllVote to 97779 or visit https://t.co/cBTTn9yuTH. pic.twitter.com/AXAEIVtlFY

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) September 28, 2018