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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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Are the Obamas too critical of black Americans?

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theGRIO REPORT - Speeches delivered by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the commencements for historically black colleges over the weekend have sparked a debate among black commentators...
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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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Children play ball in front of a giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in a park in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Mandela remains in a hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj says there are no updates on 94 year old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer...
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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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Denzel Washington landed at No. 3 on on Reader's Digest Trust Poll (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Poll: Denzel, Robin Roberts among 'most trusted' celebs

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Denzel Washington and Maya Angelou are ranked in the top 10 on the new Reader's Digest Trust Poll: The 100 Most Trusted People in America, ranking third and fifth respectively...
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Michelle Obama and Prince Harry

Michelle Obama's tea with the prince

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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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Michelle Obama talks about Ohio kidnap victims

Kelly Wallace, TODAY
When first lady Michelle Obama heard the stunning news that three women missing for a decade had been found alive in Cleveland, she reacted just like any other mom.
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