A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
APRIL 2009 – PART IV
Welcome Bo Obama!
Handout picture released by the Mexican Presidency of US President Barack Obama as he waves next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon as they take part in a welcome ceremony at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City on April 16, 2009. Obama is in Mexico on a 24-hour visit.
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Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow (L) smiles as US President Barack Obama kisses Belize first lady Kim Simplis-Barrow (R) during the official dinner for the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009. ————-JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images
President Barack Obama signs a copy of his book “Dreams From My Father” for St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King, during the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Saturday April 18, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks with his counterparts (2nd L – R) Suriname’s Ronald Venetiaan, El Salvador’s Antonio Saca, Uruguay’s Tabare Vazquez, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez during the official photo session at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain April 18, 2009.
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First Lady Michelle Obama helps plant a tree as part of a service project at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, after US President Barack Obama earlier signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, on April 21, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama digs a hole to plant a tree at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, April 21, 2009. ——–REUTERS/Jason Reed
U.S. President Barack Obama sits with former president Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 21, 2009.
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Secretary of State Clinton with Libyan Leader Mommar Quadafi’s son.
The First Lady with Queen Rania of Jordan
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks to children during a “take your children to work day” event in the East Room of the White House in Washington April 23, 2009.
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The Unveiling of the Sojourner Truth Bust
WASHINGTON – APRIL 28: First lady Michelle Obama applauds the unveiling of the bust of Sojourner Truth in the U.S. Captiol Visitors Center April 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sojourner Truth was a 19th century American slave, abolitionist and womens’ rights activist who is best known for her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
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First lady Michelle Obama, second left, joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second right, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, right, to unveil the bust of abolitionist Sojourner Truth in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol, Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Washington. Obama said she hopes Truth, the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the Capitol, would be proud to see a descendent of slaves as America’s first black first lady.
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) laughs as she and Paul Pelosi (L), husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, work with spouses of members of Congress and other volunteers to assemble bags of food to feed 1,000 students who participated in the Food for Kids program, at the Capital Area Foodbank in Washington April 29, 2009.
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Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
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