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Damon Weaver, Student Reporter Who Once Interviewed President Barack Obama, Dead at 23 | People

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021Barack Obama, Black Excellence

“He was always positive, always had a smile on a face and he was always a joy to be around. He left an impact on a lot of people,” his sister said in a statement — BY, ASHLEY BOUCHER Damon Weaver, a student journalist who once interviewed former President Barack Obama, has died. He was […]

Obamas to Produce Slate of Films for Netflix | The Washington Informer

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019African American Commuities, African American Culture ...

WI Web Staff, The Washington Informer Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrive at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, Illinois in 2017. (Jim Young/AFP/Getty Images), Featured Image [dropcap]Former[/dropcap] President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions is producing for release on Netflix a feature film adaptation of author […]

Chicago food bank gets hand from Barack Obama with Thanksgiving prep | USA Today

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018African American History, African American Politics ...

Former President Barack Obama popped in to visit volunteers at a Chicago food bank on Tuesday, helping out as the charity prepares to feed people in need on Thanksgiving.

Michelle Obama Says She And Barack Are ‘Finding Each Other Again’ In Post-White House Romance | Huffington Post

November 19, 2018African American Politics, Black Politics ...

The former first lady opened up about her marriage.

As Obama Presidential Center comes closer to reality, tensions on race, class surface | Chicago Tribune

June 7, 2018African American Commuities, African American History ...

The Obama Foundation’s plans to build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park have sparked a complicated, and at times emotional, conversation about race, class, segregation, privilege and power on the South Side.

The Missing Obama Millions | The New York Times

March 15, 2018March 16, 2018African American Politics, Politics ...

Our analysis shows that while 9 percent of Obama 2012 voters went for Mr. Trump in 2016, 7 percent — that’s more than four million missing voters — stayed home.

Kehinde Wiley on Painting the Powerless. And a President. | The New York Times

November 29, 2017African American Art, African American History ...

LONDON — Early next year, a portrait of Barack Obama will go up on the walls of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, produced by an artist who was chosen by Mr. Obama himself in the closing months of his presidency.

Michelle Obama Says Racist Attacks She Faced as First Lady ‘Cut the Deepest’ | The Root

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017African American Families, African American History ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama was a breath of fresh air Tuesday at a live armchair conversation with the Women’s Foundation of Colorado President Lauren Casteel in Denver. Poised and graceful as always, Obama still touched on some tough topics and spoke out frankly about the hurt she felt from the racist attacks she received while in the White House.