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  • Hispanic Journalists To Survey Race In Spanish-Language TV After Univision Incident

    Hispanic Journalists To Survey Race In Spanish-Language TV After Univision Incident The Huffington Post 2015-03-17 Roque Planas Carolina Moreno The National Hispanic Journalists Association applauded Univision’s decision to fire host Rodner Figueroa, after he compared first lady Michelle Obama to a character from “Planet of the Apes” during a segment of “El Gordo Y La…

  • The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences

    The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences People Magazine 2014-12-17 Sandra Sobieraj Westfall Barack and Michelle Obama (Gillian Laub) The Obamas open up about raising their daughters, the impact of stereotypes, and what’s on the POTUS dance party playlist. The protective bubble that comes with the presidency – the armored limo, the…

  • Children born in the last eight years will only know an African-American man being president of the United States.

    “Children born in the last eight years will only know an African-American man being president of the United States. That changes the bar for all of our children, regardless of their race, their sexual orientation, their gender. It expands the scope of opportunity in their minds. And that’s where change happens.” —First Lady, Michelle Obama…

  • Michelle Obama on the Move: What Will She Do Next?

    Michelle Obama on the Move: What Will She Do Next? Parade 2013-08-17 Maggie Murphy, Editor in Chief Lynn Sherr, Contributor America’s most famous mom takes her fight against childhood obesity to the next level, gears up for parenting teenagers, and admits to hitting her stride as first lady. Read the Parade cover story below and…

  • Michael Jeffries on the Cultural Significance of President Obama

    Michael Jeffries on the Cultural Significance of President Obama Wellesley College News Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2013-01-18 New Book by Wellesley American Studies Professor Tackles Race in America Michael Jeffries, Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of American Studies, studies race, gender, politics, identity, and popular culture. His new book, Paint the…

  • Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America

    Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America Stanford University Press 2013 224 pages 2 tables Cloth ISBN: 9780804780957 Paper ISBN: 9780804780964 E-book ISBN: 9780804785570 Michael P. Jeffries, Sidney R. Knafel Assistant Professor of American Studies Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Barack Obama’s election as the first black president in…

  • In short and simple ceremony, Obama starts his second term

    In short and simple ceremony, Obama starts his second term The Los Angeles Times 2013-01-20 Kathleen Hennessey WASHINGTON — With a quick and simple swearing-in ceremony at the White House, President Obama formally ended his first term in office Sunday and embarked on another four years leading a nation hobbled by a weak economy and…

  • Obama sworn in for second term

    Obama sworn in for second term The New Zealand Herald 2013-01-21 Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an intimate swearing-in ceremony at the White House, the leader of a nation no longer in the throes of the recession he inherited four years ago, but still deeply divided.…

  • Inauguration Day: Obama sworn in for second term

    Inauguration Day: Obama sworn in for second term BBC News 2013-01-20 Barack Obama has officially been sworn in for his second term as US president in a small ceremony at the White House. Although the US Constitution requires the oath of office to be taken by noon on 20 January, that falls on a Sunday…

  • Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony

    Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony The New York Times 2013-01-20 Brian Knowlton Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — With only his family nearby, President Obama was sworn into office in the White House before noon on Sunday in advance of Monday’s public pomp, the private moment forced by a rare quirk of the…