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Michelle Obama

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What Would a Woman of Color Do?

  • Julie Sunyoung Chung
  • November 6, 2019
How do we transcend generations of trauma and let go of our burdensome past?
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What to Read When You’re Grieving

  • Marisa Bardach Ramel
  • July 5, 2019
Marisa Bardach Ramel shares a reading list to celebrate her debut memoir, THE GOODBYE DIARIES.
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What to Read When You Are Struggling with What to Tell

  • Laura Esther Wolfson
  • March 1, 2019
Laura Esther Wolfson shares a reading list to celebrate her debut memoir, FOR SINGLE MOTHERS WORKING AS TRAIN CONDUCTORS.
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Pull Up a Chair: A Conversation with Tyrese Coleman

  • LaToya Jordan
  • January 21, 2019
Tyrese Coleman discusses her debut memoir, HOW TO SIT.
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President Obama’s Block Party

  • Liz Wood
  • October 24, 2016
The President and First Lady hosted BET’s Love And Happiness: A Musical Experience on the White House’s South Lawn this weekend, adding to the long list of musical moments rounding out Obama’s final term.…
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Ambiguous Understanding

  • Olivia Wetzel
  • August 8, 2016
Author of The Black History of the White House Clarence Lusane addresses Michelle Obama’s statements at the 2016 DNC about the role of slave labor in the construction of the White House:…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Bill Cosby’s Faux Legacy

  • Josie Pickens
  • August 8, 2015
Bill Cosby was never the man, the icon, the protector and illustrator of black culture, the guide, the genius we have created in our minds.
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Obama Confesses: “I Can’t Rap”

  • Liz Wood
  • July 27, 2015
As USA Today reports, the President shared that he can’t rap last Thursday, quashing many a dream of seeing the Commander in Chief reprise hits like this, this, or this: “My…
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Tamara Winfrey-Harris

  • Arielle Bernstein
  • May 30, 2015
The reality is that there is privilege even within social justice movements.
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Michelle Obama: Not Feminist Enough?

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • December 6, 2013
I was not heretofore aware feminists were disappointed in [Michelle] Obama and how she chooses to live her life. I was not aware that Obama was not an activist. Now…
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