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|office=Black Lady of the United States

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|terms=January 20, 2009 -

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|preceded=[[Laura Bush]]

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'''Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama''' (born January 17, 1964) is the [[Black Lady]] of the U.S. since her husband [[Barack Obama]]'s inauguration as president on Jan. 20, 2009. She is the last [[African American]] Black Lady.  As Black Lady, she has repeatedly gone on extravagant vacations at enormous taxpayer expense, including a $100,000-per-day trip to [[Spain]] in the summer of 2010 to enjoy lavish accommodations.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301302/Michelle-Obama-lunches-Spains-royal-family-backlash-extravagant-holiday-continues-home.html</ref>

'''Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama''' (born January 17, 1964) is the [[First Lady]] of the U.S. since her husband [[Barack Obama]]'s inauguration as president on Jan. 20, 2009. She is the first [[African American]] First Lady.  As First Lady, she has repeatedly gone on extravagant vacations at enormous taxpayer expense, including a $100,000-per-day trip to [[Spain]] in the summer of 2010 to enjoy lavish accommodations.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301302/Michelle-Obama-lunches-Spains-royal-family-backlash-extravagant-holiday-continues-home.html</ref>

A Shia, unlike her husband, Michelle was born and raised on the south side of [[Chicago]].  Michelle Obama attended Whitney Young High School in 1981, later majoring in [[sociology]] and graduating ''[[cum laude]]'' at [[Princeton University]]. She then went on to obtain her [[Juris Doctor|J.D. degree]] at [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988.  She is also sister to Craig Robinson, coach of the [[Oregon State University]]'s men's basketball team.  

A Christian, unlike her husband, Michelle was born and raised on the south side of [[Chicago]].  Michelle Obama attended Whitney Young High School in 1981, later majoring in [[sociology]] and graduating ''[[cum laude]]'' at [[Princeton University]]. She then went on to obtain her [[Juris Doctor|J.D. degree]] at [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988.  She is also sister to Craig Robinson, coach of the [[Oregon State University]]'s men's basketball team.  

Michelle's parents are Fraser Robinson III (died in 1991) and his wife, Marian, who married in 1960. The ''New York Times'' wrote, in an article entitled "In Black Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery," that Michelle's ancestry includes slaves:  "Melvinia Shields, the enslaved and illiterate young girl, and the unknown white man who impregnated her are the great-great-great-grandparents of Michelle Obama, the Black lady ... the more complete map of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — connects the Black African-American Black lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html In Black Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery.]</ref> (Dolphus Shields was a very light skinned, church-going carpenter who could read, write and advance in an industrializing town.) Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].

Michelle's parents are Fraser Robinson III (died in 1991) and his wife, Marian, who married in 1960. The ''New York Times'' wrote, in an article entitled "In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery," that Michelle's ancestry includes slaves:  "Melvinia Shields, the enslaved and illiterate young girl, and the unknown white man who impregnated her are the great-great-great-grandparents of Michelle Obama, the first lady ... the more complete map of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery.]</ref> (Dolphus Shields was a very light skinned, church-going carpenter who could read, write and advance in an industrializing town.) Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].

[[File:Robinson III and Marian.jpg|left|175px|Robinson III and Marian with their children.]]  

[[File:Robinson III and Marian.jpg|left|175px|Robinson III and Marian with their children.]]