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First Lady Michelle Obama

First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to improve low performing schools (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

First lady: 'I have failed at things'

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important, Michelle Obama said Friday...
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First lady Michelle Obama talks to schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., after they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Wednesday that stories of toil and sweat by slaves once held at a historic home within sight of the White House are an important part of U.S. history...
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Michelle Obama (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

First lady makes Forbes' 'Most Powerful Women'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - First Lady Michelle Obama landed at number four on this year's Forbes Magazine's "Most Powerful Women" list, ranking the top 100 most powerful women in the world.
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First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Obama received and Honorary Doctor of Laws degree before addressing the 600 graduates of Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama: Too many 'fantasize about being a baller or a rapper'

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama addressed Bowie State University's graduating class on Friday and delivered a speech drawing on the importance of earning an education...
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First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Obama received and Honorary Doctor of Laws degree before addressing the 600 graduates of Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President, first lady address HBCU graduates

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as they celebrate their achievement...
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Michelle Obama and Prince Harry

Michelle Obama's tea with the prince

theGrio
SLIDESHOW - First lady Michelle Obama played hostess to a royal on Thursday, as Britain's Prince Harry dropped by to kick off a weeklong visit to the U.S...
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First lady Michelle Obama walks into an awards ceremony during an awards ceremony for the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in the East Room at the White House on November 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. The first lady talked about the importance of afterschool and out of school arts and humanities education and presented awards recognizing programs across the country that benefit underserved youth. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

New app tracks Michelle Obama's style

Lisa Balde, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - 'Michelle's Style List' promises to break down what the first lady is wearing to which events and where to buy the look...
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Michelle Obama

First lady wows at White House dinner

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
SLIDESHOW ; First lady Michelle Obama wowed, giving great glamour in black, at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner held last night...
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President Barack Obama (L) and first lady Michelle Obama

First lady, President Obama to attend George W. Bush Library dedication

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
First lady Michelle Obama and President Obama will attend the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Texas on Thursday according to various reports.
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Michelle Obama meets with Aaron Hern and his family. (Courtesy: NBC San Diego)

First lady visits young bombing victim

Lori Preuitt and Jean Elle, NBC San Diego
NBC San Diego - After spending days in the Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children's Hospital, the Bay Area family of an 11-year-old boy injured in the Boston Marathon bombing had some good news to cheer about Thursday...
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