Co-founder, University of Buffalo's Uncrowned Queens Institute
Co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute at the University at Buffalo, and co-author of the new book Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First LadyPROFILE
Peggy Brooks-Bertram
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FROM Peggy Brooks-Bertram
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Michelle Obama and the Power of America's First Lady White House historians say first ladies are windows into America's cultural and social ideas, and while it's subtle, they have enormous power. Mamie Eisenhower gave parties and kept her mouth shut. Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan embodied high fashion.
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From King to Obama: America Receives It’s First Black President Barack Obama declared that Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a day of service and today, with the First-Lady-to-be, he surprised a group of volunteers in Washington, DC sending cards, letters and packages to troops serving overseas.
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