PHOTOS Michelle, Hillary, Nancy and Sojourner Truth

[Jackeens]

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Michelle Obama says she hopes abolitionist Sojourner Truth would be proud to see a descendent of slaves as America’s first black first lady. Mrs. Obama made the comment Tuesday as she helped unveil a bust of Truth, the first black woman to be honored with a statue at the Capitol.

"I am proud to be able to stand here on this day," the first lady told the audience of mostly women.

Truth is a former slave who met with Abraham Lincoln and was an early crusader for women’s right to vote and an end to slavery. Mrs. Obama said her two young daughters will now be able to "see the face of a woman who looks like them" when they visit the nation’s Capitol.

The sculpture will remain on permanent display in the Capitol Visitor Center.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1168713&srvc=rss

[Sky Masterson]

1. Excuse my french but

God Damn Michelle is beautiful.
I think I love her.

[Jackeens]

6. God damn?!

Do you mean THIS God damn?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXmye5cmwgc

:-)

[Sky Masterson]

7. Never even heard or saw that.

Watching it now..Yep..I stand by my first assessment.

[jenmito]

16. Wow! Thanks for posting that! I smiled and teared up at the same time!

NOBODY loves Michelle more than her husband-that video shows it. :)

[CitizenLeft]

17. thank you for that.

They make me cry. :loveya:

[jwirr]

2. Wonderful. Isn't she the one who said "Ain't I a woman?"

[genna]

8. Betwist and between

"Well, children, where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women of the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place!"

"Look at me! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man — when I could get it — and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne 13 children, and seen them sold off to slavery, and when I cried out, none but Jesus heard me!

"That man in back there says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him!

"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! Now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

"Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say."

[jwirr]

10. Yes, thank you for the whole quote. She is worthy of all honor.

[ronnykmarshall]

11. From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him!

I love that line.

I can't remember who it was that played her on stage. But I remember that line.

[monmouth]

13. Cicely Tyson???

[ronnykmarshall]

21. I think you're right.

I love Miss Cicely Tyson.

I loved her line in "Fried Green Tomatoes" ---- "He won't sit down and share a meal with colored child. But he'll eggs shootin' out of a chicken's ass!"

[Number23]

22. Let me try and stop these chills going up and down my spine after reading that

Thanks for posting that quote. I'm bookmarking this whole thread because of it.

[lunatica]

3. Soujourner Truth being honored is making me want to cry

I am beside myself with the joy of knowing she's been honored this way. She was as courageous as anyone can be. We're lucky a man chose to write down her words when she spoke at an all white church. I'm grateful to her on every level.

[tishaLA]

4. Everyone says how great Michelle looks in jewel tones

but she looks amazing in black, too. I was not a fan of the flared skirts when she started wearing them because I prefer her in more body conscious stuff, but I have come to like it them a great deal. That ensemble looks amazing on her.

[dorkus erectus]

26. Well, I think it's great that the black dress has splashes of other colors...

I think she can really pull off bright colors because of her complexion. As for the A-line dresses and skirts, I think they are the most flattering to curvy women. Form-fitting outfits are too revealing for that body type, IMO. Not that it looks bad in the least, but it's just not as elegant. Save the tight stuff for the disco!

[genna]

5. I'd like to think the Underground Railroad the abolutionists used to

opposed an unjust law is the actual American way.

[chollybocker]

9. No one can work a tangerine pantsuit like Hillary.

I'm surprised it took this long to honor Ms Sojourner Truth.

[MADem]

14. Hillary Clinton, while a Senator, co-sponsored the legislation that put that statue there.

That's why she's there. Shiela Jackson Lee was the push on the House side.

[endarkenment]

12. She fills a room, any room, with her radiance.

We have not seen this sort of charismatic presence in the White House since Jack and Jackie. Plus, we are indeed the rainbow party, and we are coming into our own, all of us, men women people of color gay straight religious and non religious. I am starting to feel that sense of empowerment that was so palpable that November night so many months ago in Chicago. I'll disagree when my party and its leaders are wrong, and I'll do so publicly right here, but I can't help but feel good about what is happening and where we are going.

[snowdays]

15. Nice to see the women honoring a truely brave woman. Thanks for the post.

[Beacool]

18. Lovely Thread.

Thank you!!!

:applause:

[firedupdem]

19. Rec'd...Beautiful n/t

[islandgirl808]

20. i stans for the flotus!

i'll be her stan foreverrr :D


such awesome pics and what a great event!

[elleng]

23. Follow the Drinking Gourd

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3693061079263073672

[Reader Rabbit]

24. Too bad Sojourner's statue doesn't include her arms.

Her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech usually included baring one or both of her arms to show her muscles, as proof that she was as strong as a man. That's the image I always had of her in my head, ever since I learned about her as a child—a tall, confident woman, showing off her hard-earned muscles!

[BrklynLiberal]

25. Obviously, being First Lady agrees with Michelle Obama. She is getting more beautiful

and her husband agrees as well. It is so great to have an obviously loving couple/family in the White House.