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Obama, Michelle. Becoming. Crown, an Imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, 2018.

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Michelle had a happy and joyful childhood with parents that she was very close with and adored, and had a brother as well whom she got along with well.

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All that mattered to Michelle was in a five block radius. " Her grandparents, cousins, church, the gas station and liquor store, and the local public park. (pg. 5)

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at the age of 4, Michelle took up piano lessons, and she was quite good at it too. Her family is loaded with musicians, and enjoyed playing very much, and got quite good at it.

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"Kids found one another not based on the color of their skin, but who was outside and ready to play." (pg.20) Michelle's friends were Rachel, Susie, and the Mendoza's granddaughter when she came to visit. the surrounding neighborhoods were home to Jewish families and immigrant families, with white and black families, and some people that were thriving and other who weren't.

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Michelle's test scores were good enough that she got into Whitney M. Young High School. Michelle used public transportation to get to school and wouldn't get home until 6 or 7 pm.

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After 4 years of Whitney M. Young High School and being elected treasure of the senior class, and making the National Honor Society Michelle applied to Princeton. After originally being told "I'm not sure you're Princeton material (pg.66), she ended up getting her acceptance letter in the mail.

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Michelle graduated from Princeton and became a lawyer. She worked at a firm called Sidley and Austin. This is where she met Barack Obama, who was late on the first day.

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Michelle and Barack became close friends in the office, with him coming into her office to talk after work. " We often went out to lunch together at least once a week." (pg.99)

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michelle and barack were work collegues, they started dating but she wanted to keep the relationship under wraps and from the rest of their colleugues since she was his advisor. "Before he went back to Cambrdge, we shared what felt like every memory and stray thought." pg. 113

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her father got sick and was in and out of the hospital with health issues. When Michelle was only while he was in the hospital, "My father had a heart attack and passed away that night." (pg.143)

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Michelle got hired to be the executive director for a new Chicago organization called Public Allies. She says "My new job made me nervous." (pg.147)

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Michelle and Barack had a baby girl who they named Malia in 1998, Malia made a huge impact on her parents lives without even being able to talk or walk. "Motherhood became my motivator. It dictated my movements, my decisions, the rhythm of every day. It took no time, no thought at all, for me to be fully consumed by my new role as a mother."

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She becomes the first African American First Lady of Amercia

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She becomes the first African American First Lady of Amercia

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Michelle felt like she had a lot to learn, she had to worry about her daughters happiness, and on top of that gain respect from the people of America. Being black on top of that made her feel like her "job" came with other unwritten rules that she had to follow. " I understood already that I’d be measured by a different yardstick. As the only African American First Lady to set foot in the White House, I was “other” almost by default. If there was a presumed grace assigned to my white predecessors, I knew it wasn’t likely to be the same for me." (pg.297)

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Interview she had where she expressed how it was being a black women in the White House.

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Michelle Obama on her legacy and her reaction to Donald Trump winning the presidency

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Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks about past fertility and marital struggles, and her profound anger at President Donald Trump in her memoir, "Becoming."

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More facts about Michelle.

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Michelle Obama: 1st African-American First Lady - Fast Facts | History

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Michelle's family.

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The high school that she attended.

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Michelle and her father that passed when she was 27.

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Michelle, Barack, Malia, and Sasha.