Michelle Obama

Janelle Monae, Laverne Cox, Michelle Obama, and more share their thoughts. May 31 2020 7:02 PM EDT Protests continue over the death of Minneapolis Black man George Floyd while in police custody (one officer has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter) and over other manifestations of racism in America.…

Michelle Obama has spoken out after George Floyd’s death, saying “it is up to all of us” to root out racism.The former first lady shared her comments alongside a painted image of Floyd, a black man who was killed while pleading for air as a police officer pressed down on…

(CNN)Non-black folks also need to help root out racism, former first lady Michelle Obama said this week while speaking out over the death of George Floyd.Obama expressed grief over the recent killing of Floyd, as well as other black men and women in recent weeks, in a Facebook post on…

Following protests across America, Michelle Obama pens a powerful open letter. The world is watching as cities across America protest against the injustices that have been happening against Black people in the course of American history. George Floyd's murder this week reignited the public conversation regarding social injustices and anti-Black…

Many police officers across the United States have condemned the actions of the four officers involved in the death of George Floyd.But it is just the latest in a series of deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of law enforcement.Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from New York.- Subscribe…

Lori Lightfoot did not mince words during a press conference this afternoon when asked by reporters how she feels about Donald Trump. Speaking from the podium, the first-ever Black lesbian mayor of Chicago accused Trump of trying to “foment violence” after he called for “thugs” (his word) protesting the death of…

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk. The president congratulated Washington's mayor on $876 million in federal coronavirus relief going to the Washington-area Metro system —…

From Becoming (2020), dir. Nadia Hallgren (all images courtesy Netflix)Halfway through Becoming, the Netflix documentary based in part on Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Obama visits her childhood home and plays the opening chords of “Linus and Lucy” on the piano. Her mother Marian beams from the doorway, saying, “She always…

Former first lady Michelle Obama has offered her remembrances to Wilson Jerman, a longtime White House butler who died from Covid-19 at the age of 91. Ms Obama, who included an image of Mr Jerman in her book Becoming and the subsequent film of the same name, said she and…

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman with former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama: Fox NewsFormer first lady Michelle Obama has offered her remembrances to Wilson Jerman, a longtime White House butler who died from Covid-19 at the age of 91.Ms Obama, who included an image of Mr Jerman in her…