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Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses Michelle Obama with an outspoken publisher and former Black Panther—his father.


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The Atlantic,

 January/February 2009

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

"The first time I saw Michelle Obama in the flesh, I almost took her for white. It was late July. Pundits were taking whispered bets on the fate of Hillary Clinton’s female supporters. In part to heal the intraparty rift, and in part to raise some cash, Obama was presiding over a Chicago luncheon for Democratic women. ... "

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