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First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the graduation ceremonies at Anacostia Senior High School on June 11, 2010 in Washington. This is a beautiful, powerful commencement address by the First Lady.
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WASHINGTON – JUNE 11: First Lady Michelle Obama (L) participates in the graduation ceremonies for Anacostia Senior High School on June 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. Mrs. Obama delivered the seventy second commencement address to the once segregated high school, with 146 graduates in the Class of 2010. Ninety percent of the graduates have been accepted into college.
—-Mark Wilson/Getty Images
WASHINGTON – JUNE 11: First Lady Michelle Obama (L) waves as she stands with class valedictorian Jordan Smiley during the graduation ceremonies at Anacostia Senior High School on June 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. Mrs. Obama delivered the seventy second commencement address to the once segregated high school, with 146 graduates in the Class of 2010. Ninety percent of the graduates have been accepted into college.
—-Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Donald L. Hense, left, First Lady Michelle Obama, and class valedictorian Jordan Smiley, laugh on stage during the Anacostia Senior High School’s graduation in Washington, Friday, June 11, 2010.
—-AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
WASHINGTON – JUNE 11: First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the graduation ceremonies at Anacostia Senior High School on June 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. Mrs. Obama delivered the seventy second commencement address to the once segregated high school, with 146 graduates in the Class of 2010. Ninety percent of the graduates have been accepted into college.
—–Mark Wilson/Getty Images
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech at Anacostia Senior High School’s graduation in Washington, Friday, June 11, 2010. The speech took an emotional turn as Mrs. Obama described her parents and her hopes for the graduates, saying, “We [the First Lady and President Obama] see ourselves in each and every one of you.”
—-AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
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