.@BarackObama has been making history for decades. Today, in 1990, he broke the racial barrier in one of the oldest… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) February 06, 2020Posts Tagged ‘harvard
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Michelle Obama Is Everything!
Michelle Obama: Whatever comes next, I hope "I embrace new opportunities ... I hope that I am always growing into t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 03, 2019****
I was just 2 years old when Michelle Obama became first lady. When I was growing up, she was always just there, smiling on the covers of magazines, surrounded by groups of kids in the White House gardens, holding hands with her husband. At that time, I didn’t have a concept of who she really was. But as I got older I began to realize how important she was—and the impact she was having on my generation. I learned more about her in Becoming, her memoir, in which she tells the story of her journey from Chicago’s South Side to the White House. Her voice is honest and often vulnerable, especially when she experiences change, like going to a new high school or becoming the first lady. Frequently she asks herself, “Am I good enough?” But she is also mesmerizing and determined, asserting herself as a force from a young age. Michelle Obama doesn’t use her book to preach, though. Instead she shares her ideas with the world through storytelling. As a journalist, that’s how I communicate too—by knocking on doors and asking people to share their stories. And so when I got the chance to interview her, my goal was simple: to uncover more about the ideas behind her stories and how they can inspire us all, regardless of our politics.
More here
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17
A+ First Lady
Michelle Obama is the most academically accomplished First Lady. She skipped second grade, graduated salutatorian a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Luisa Haynes (@wokeluisa) December 10, 2017Daily reminder that the most educated First Lady in American history is a black woman with two Ivy League degrees f… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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John Wayne (@abedelrey) February 25, 201713
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Harvard Never Looked So Good
Barack Obama at Harvard University, 1988. https://t.co/1ZtCiR7JTy
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History in Pictures (@HistoryFlick) February 11, 201704
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53 Years: The Journey In Images
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Early Bird Chat
Barack Obama, the first African American elected President of the Harvard Law Review, 1990
(I can’t work out if he was elected on February 5 or 6 in 1990, different places give different dates – maybe the election was one day, and the results the next? So, we’ll make it a two day anniversary celebration!).
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MoooOOOooorning Early Birds – Happy Wednesday!
