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  • Living While Obama: Underground Railroad Exhibit

    First Lady Michelle Obama views The Slave Pen exhibit while touring the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2012. Pictured, from left, are: Dina Bailey, Associate Curator of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory; Verna Williams; and Allison Singleton.

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  • Living While Obama: Smithsonian Groundbreaking

    President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2012. Scheduled to open in 2015, the museum will be the only national museum devoted to African-American life, art, history and culture. Like The…

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  • Living While Obama: Boeing Tour

    President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner before giving a speech on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line Feb. 17, 2012 in Everett, Wash. Obama’s visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the Puget Sound.

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  • Living While Obama: Dim Sum Stop

    President Barack Obama poses for a picture during a stop at Great Eastern restaurant in the Chinatown section of San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 16, 2012.

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  • Living While Obama: Touring a Manufacturing Facility

    President Barack Obama(R) speaks with an employee as he tours the manufacturing facility at Master Lock, maker of security locks, prior to speaking on the economy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 15, 2012.

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  • Living While Obama: A Visit From Giffords

    President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the president signed H.R. 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012, in the Oval Office on Feb. 10. This bill is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on in…

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  • Living While Obama: 'Let's Move' Tour

    First lady Michelle Obama greets a chef while visiting the dining facility at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas as part of a tour celebrating the second anniversary of the “Let’s Move!” initiative on Feb. 9.

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  • Black Fashion Sense Through the Years

    During the turn of the 20th century, women wore conservative, high-necked dresses, tight corsets and necklines with ruffles or bows. This photo shows a group of officers from a women’s league in Newport, R.I., in 1899. Zoot suits, which became popular in the 1930s and ’40s, consisted of high-waisted, wide-legged pants with a long dress…

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  • Living While Obama: Oval Office Meeting

    President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2012.

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  • Living While Obama: Quiet Moment

    President Barack Obama holds Arianna Holmes, 3, before taking a departure photo with members of her family in the Oval Office on Feb. 1. Arianna’s mother, Angela Holmes, is a departing special assistant in the International Economic Affairs Office of the national security staff. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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