Monday, November 24, 2008

Wash Post Article: 'The Very Image of Affirmation: In Michelle Obama, Black Women See A Familiar Grace & Strength Writ Large'



The Very Image of Affirmation
In Michelle Obama, Black Women See A Familiar Grace & Strength Writ Large

By DeNeen L. Brown and Richard Leiby
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, November 21, 2008; Page C01


Michelle Obama emerged, long and lean, from a black limousine that pulled up at the White House the other day. She stood in a bold red dress that followed her lines. She smoothed her hair and moved between her man -- the president-elect -- and the first lady. Tall in shiny red pumps, Michelle seemed to tower over them all.

As she stood there, many black women on this side of the White House gate saw something else in Michelle Obama that sunny afternoon: bits and pieces of themselves.

They saw their family in hers, or the family they dreamed of having. Saw a woman whose husband seemed to adore her, giving her hugs and pecks on the lips as if the whole world were not watching.

Full article: www.washingtonpost.com

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