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If you ever doubted that having a black family in the White House dramatically changes the racial dynamics in this country, please take a few moments to watch First Lady Michelle Obama speak at the memorial service for Dr. Maya Angelou. No other FLOTUS could speak to/for black women like this. Can you feel the change happening? I'm sure that millions of phenomenal black women/girls can.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/06/phenomenal-black-women.html
struggle4progress
(118,268 posts)sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Michelle's eulogy was awesome for the beauty that was Maya. Yes beautiful Maya.
She will be with us always.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)BREAKING: Obamas Purchased House in Asheville, NC for Post-Presidency
Sources have confirmed the Obamas purchased real estate in Asheville, NC. The White House has not yet confirmed.
It seems all the bookmakers sending the Obamas to New York City or back to Chicago after the end of the Presidents second term are wrong by a few thousand miles.
A source close to Wall St. Cheat Sheet has confirmed that the Obama family have purchased property in the city of Asheville in North Carolina as a post-Presidency residence. A call to get an official confirmation from the White House wasnt immediately returned.
The President discussed retirement there last year during his trip to North Carolina during a speech in Asheville. Love coming to Asheville, said Obama. Michelle and I always talk about how after this whole presidency thing, were looking for a little spot to here an audience member said, Come on down Come on down? Play a little golf, do a little hiking, fishing, barbecue, said Obama. Theres two things that keep bringing me back here. Number one is I really like the people. And number two is 12 Bones, which I will be stopping on the way back to the airport. On the one hand, a smaller city like Asheville doesnt offer the same enormous population to lose oneself in as does New York or Chicago. On the other, the president and his wife clearly like the area.
Read more: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/politics/where-will-obama-go-after-the-white-house.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3470I6fZO
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)That sounds great.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)What a boon to the Democratic Party in NC that would be.
Cha
(297,029 posts)to live. Nice weather very progressive part of North Carolina~
One of my nieces in New York was planning on moving to Asheville, NC one of these years.. I think it would be good for her. I hope she does.
Mahalo Tuesday Afternoon~
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)reside there, too.
Cha
(297,029 posts)They couldn't.. First Lady Michelle Obama made Dr Maya Angelou and our country proud.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Thank you Cha!