BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MAIN CHARACTER:MICHELLE OBAMA

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 MICHLLE OBAMA

She is the person that can be included

on “Top Most Influential Women
in The World”.
Highly known for her role as The First
Lady of United States.
She is a good human and an
inspiration to the whole world.
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Wanna know more
about her?
Michelle Obamas
childhood house

She was born on January 17,

1964 in Chicago,South Side.
 Princeton
University

She studied sociology and

African American studies
at Princeton
University,in 1985.
Harvard University

She
attended
Harvard
Law School
in 1988.
 After graduating

Returning to Chicago, she took a job as

a junior associate at Sidley & Austin
 (now Sidley Austin LLP), where she
specialized in intellectual property law. 
She was assign to be a
mentor to a young summer
intern named Barack
Obama.

Meeting her spouse

She is a mother

Of two girls:Malia Obama and Natasha

Obama
 When her husband announced
his candidacy for the 2008
Democratic presidential
nomination, Michelle took a
prominent role in his campaign.
She took leave from her position
at the University of Chicago to
devote herself more fully to
campaigning while still
maintaining time to care for her
and Barack’s two young
daughters. 

In 2005 she became vice

 president of community and
external affairs for the
University of Chicago Medical
Center.
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First Lady
Let’s Move! During her husband’s administration, Mrs. Obama
launched multiple initiatives. Let’s Move! targeted
childhood obesity by encouraging kids to
participate in physical activity 
 And revamped US school lunches to
include more nutritious food options.
Health To illustrate healthy meal planning at
home and encourage Americans to
learn about where their food comes
from, Mrs. Obama planted a vegetable
garden on the grounds of the White
House in 2009—the first since Eleanor
Roosevelt’s Victory Garden during
World War II. Harvest from the
gardens were cooked in the White
House kitchen and provided to
Miriam’s Kitchen, a local organization
serving the homeless community in
Washington, DC.
 In 2011, Mrs. Obama
collaborated with Mrs. Jill Biden
to launch Joining Forces, an
initiative rallying American
civilians and their organizations
to support US service members
and veterans and their families.
The initiative used a three-prong
approach—employment,
education, and wellness—for
organizing national efforts to
provide additional tools to the
US military community.

Joining Forces
The Reach Higher initiative encouraged all
American students to aspire to education
beyond high school, through training
programs, community college, or university.
Expanding her educational goals to the
international level, the Let Girls
Learn program drew together resources from
the US Department of State, US Agency for
International Development, Peace Corps,
Millennium Challenge Corporation, and US
President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) to empower young girls across the
world to secure a quality education.

Reach Higher
Works Published by Michelle Obama

-American Grown: The Story of the

White House Kitchen Garden and
Gardens Across America, 2012

-Becoming, 2018 

-The Light We Carry,2022

 American Grown

In American
Grown, Mrs. Obama tells the
story of the White House
Kitchen Garden, celebrates the
bounty of gardens across our
nation, and reminds us all of
what we can grow together.
 BECOMING
● Becoming is the memoir of former
first lady of the United States
Michelle Obama, published in 2018.
Described by the author as a deeply
personal experience, the book talks
about her roots and how she found
her voice, as well as her time in the
White House, her public health
campaign, and her role as a mother.

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not
always be able to solve all the world 's problems at once but don
't ever underestimate the importance you can have because
history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope
can take on a life of its own.”
The Light We Carry

The Light We Carry, the former first

lady's second book, is intended to be a
practical guide to help us all be a bit
more like her father (and like Obama
herself) and learn to cope with
adversity, be it prejudice, a pandemic
or the chilling thought of Donald
Trump re-entering the White House.
 Conclusion

Michelle is influential in the African-American

community because she has such positive
impact among them. Michelle has broken
boundaries for the average African-American
woman.
Michelle has become a leader and role
mother.She became an inspiraton to anyone.
And the story is that it doesn’t matter what
gender,what race you have, it doesn’t matter as
long as you work for the good of your
community.
 “You may not always have a comfortable life
and you will not always be able to solve all the
world 's problems at once but don 't ever
underestimate the importance you can have
because history has shown us that courage can
be contagious and hope can take on a life of its
own.”

—Michelle Obama