I truly appreciate how the focus of this show is black women lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down. More. Of. This. Please! #hearthustlehtx
Founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie, Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. In 1975, with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, CA, the first chocolate chip cookie store in the world.
It was great reconnecting with our alumni tonight!
Michelle and I will always be grateful for the chance to work side-by-side with so many brilliant, selfless people who believed in something bigger than themselves.
Eleven years ago today, nine Black worshippers were murdered during Bible study at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.
Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney. Cynthia Hurd. Susie Jackson. Ethel Lance. Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor. Tywanza Sanders. Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. Myra Thompson.
We say their names and remember the sacredness of their lives.
This was not only a mass shooting. It was a heinous act of white supremacy carried out in a house of worship. We must tell the truth about that hatred, grieve what it stole, and remain committed to dismantling the violence of racism in every form.
#MotherEmanuel #SayTheirNames
Barack Obama "is really messed up. I'm giving him some time because this beautiful skirt that my stylist Meredith Koop picked out that is my favorite portrait of my mom. He didn't know it existed until just a few minutes ago. I've had a few weeks to settle down"
- Michelle Obama
It means so much to Barack and me to open up the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago. This is where I grew up, where Barack got his start, and where we raised our girls. So having a place where kids from our community can see themselves, connect with each other, and channel their hopeβthereβs nothing more powerful than that.
The jealousy is just delicious.
Michelle Obama:
Princeton University graduate
Harvard Law School graduate
Attorney
Hospital executive
Public servant
Bestselling author
Former First Lady of the United States
One of the most admired women on the planet
Two brothers from Richmond were the first in their family to go to college, and they both became doctors. Now Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper are home, leading the emergency room at the hospital that serves the same community that raised them. Think about the child in Richmond who walks into that ER and sees these two men running it. That child just saw their own future. Congratulations, Doctors. Keep leading. We are proud of you.
Source: Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News
Our @MBK_Alliance Ambassadors are examples of the outstanding young people weβve been proud to support at the @ObamaFoundation over the years. We hope the Obama Presidential Center inspires even more.
Barack and I were so honored to have @AkunyiliCrosby create our portrait for the Obama Presidential Center. Her artistic brilliance shines through β and the way she infused such life and joy into the piece is truly extraordinary. We love it, and we think everyone who visits the Center will too!