A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
MARCH 2009 – PART II
President Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before their departure Marine One, Saturday, March 21, 2009.
——-AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the White House Cross Hall to the East Room for a nationally-televised news conference in Washington, March 24, 2009.
——-REUTERS/Jason Reed
Audience members listen to U.S. President Barack Obama answer their questions during a town hall meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 26, 2009.
——–REUTERS/Jim Young
US President Barack Obama listens as US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is sworn-in, with his wife, Dr. Sharon Malone holding the Bible, as Judge Robert I. Richter conducts the installation ceremony of Holder as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States on March 27, 2009 at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC.
—–AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards
U.S. President Barack Obama stands next to U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner as he announces that Edward Montgomery will serve as the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers as he speaks about the auto industry in the Grand Foyer of White House in Washington March 30, 2009.
—- REUTERS/Larry Downing
The First Couple’s First Overseas Trip
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to Marine One to begin his European trip on March 31, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama departed Tuesday on the first overseas trip of his young presidency, holding crucial meetings in Europe on the economic crisis and with America’s military partners in NATO. President Obama’s debut at the NATO summit on April 3 and 4 marks his first test abroad as US commander in chief and his best chance to sell his new plan for the Afghan war to wary allies.
——- TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama step off Air Force One at Stansted airport, north of London, on March 31, 2009.
——- MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats