Traditions,
78.
"house boy": U.S. Census Records.
"They pushed their kids hard into education": Shailagh Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil,"
Washington Post,
October 2, 2008.
"He was a very proud man": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"A lot of times these stories get buried: Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"I am married to a black American": Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union," speech delivered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2008.
"An important message": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"There are probably thousands," "It makes more sense to me": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
CHAPTER 3
"When [Michelle] applied and came here": Mundy,
Michelle,
50.
"What would happen if": Cole, "From a Mother's Eyes."
"She badgered and badgered":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"focused": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"She didn't goof off": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"I was sort of a goof-off": Mendell,
Obama,
32.
"just a bunch of kids": Mundy,
Michelle,
54.
"It was racially diverse": Mundy,
Michelle,
54.
"a melting pot": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"Willis Wagons": James R. Ralph,
Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993), 20.
"Does everybody here want to go to college?":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"What's your first choice?": Mundy, Michelle, 58â59; and others.
"If you pick a college": Bill Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law,"
Providence Journal,
February 10, 2008.
"I knew him, and I knew his study habits": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."
CHAPTER 4
"Take Catherine out of school": Sally Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama,"
Boston Globe,
June 15, 2008.
"Catherine is from the South": Brian Feagans, "Georgian Recalls Rooming with Michelle Obama,"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
April 13, 2008.
"her secret shame": Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction,"
New York Times,
June 18, 2008.
"Sometimes that's the thing you sense": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"I cannot tell you": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"The whole temper and tradition": Mundy,
Michelle,
61. Also: Tad Bennicoff, "African Americans and Princeton University: A Brief History," March 11, 2005, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University ( www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/African_Americans.shtml ).
"He told her it was not possible": Esther Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85,"
Daily Princetonian,
November 5, 2008.
"overwhelmed": Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law."
"Mom, Michelle's here telling people": Collins, "The Other Obama."
"did not feel comfortable in the eating clubs": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
"[We] did everything the Orthodox students did": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
"I could not go a week without hearing that": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"The Third World Center was our life": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"My experiences at Princeton: Michelle Obama, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community," thesis submitted for fulfillment of undergraduate degree, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985.
"It was awkward": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.
"I get that all time from the Chinese kids": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.
"We weren't sure whether": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."
"She was not an assimilationist": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
CHAPTER 5
"We knew you would do this": Mundy,
Michelle,
85.
"If I could do this over": Mundy,
Michelle,
78.
"The thing about these wonderful schools": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."
"I had dated a lot of brothers": Mendell,
Obama,
93â94.
CHAPTER 6
"There would be no reason for me to dislike": Bakst, "Brown Coach Robinson a Strong Voice for Brother-in-law Obama."
"My parents weren't very
78.
"house boy": U.S. Census Records.
"They pushed their kids hard into education": Shailagh Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil,"
Washington Post,
October 2, 2008.
"He was a very proud man": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"A lot of times these stories get buried: Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"I am married to a black American": Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union," speech delivered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2008.
"An important message": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
"There are probably thousands," "It makes more sense to me": Murray, "A Family Tree Rooted in American Soil."
CHAPTER 3
"When [Michelle] applied and came here": Mundy,
Michelle,
50.
"What would happen if": Cole, "From a Mother's Eyes."
"She badgered and badgered":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"focused": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"She didn't goof off": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"I was sort of a goof-off": Mendell,
Obama,
32.
"just a bunch of kids": Mundy,
Michelle,
54.
"It was racially diverse": Mundy,
Michelle,
54.
"a melting pot": Mundy,
Michelle,
55.
"Willis Wagons": James R. Ralph,
Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993), 20.
"Does everybody here want to go to college?":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"What's your first choice?": Mundy, Michelle, 58â59; and others.
"If you pick a college": Bill Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law,"
Providence Journal,
February 10, 2008.
"I knew him, and I knew his study habits": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."
CHAPTER 4
"Take Catherine out of school": Sally Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama,"
Boston Globe,
June 15, 2008.
"Catherine is from the South": Brian Feagans, "Georgian Recalls Rooming with Michelle Obama,"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
April 13, 2008.
"her secret shame": Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction,"
New York Times,
June 18, 2008.
"Sometimes that's the thing you sense": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"I cannot tell you": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"The whole temper and tradition": Mundy,
Michelle,
61. Also: Tad Bennicoff, "African Americans and Princeton University: A Brief History," March 11, 2005, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University ( www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/African_Americans.shtml ).
"He told her it was not possible": Esther Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85,"
Daily Princetonian,
November 5, 2008.
"overwhelmed": Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law."
"Mom, Michelle's here telling people": Collins, "The Other Obama."
"did not feel comfortable in the eating clubs": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
"[We] did everything the Orthodox students did": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
"I could not go a week without hearing that": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"The Third World Center was our life": Jacobs, "Learning to Be Michelle Obama."
"My experiences at Princeton: Michelle Obama, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community," thesis submitted for fulfillment of undergraduate degree, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985.
"It was awkward": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.
"I get that all time from the Chinese kids": Mundy,
Michelle,
76.
"We weren't sure whether": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."
"She was not an assimilationist": Breger, "All Eyes Turn to Michelle Obama '85."
CHAPTER 5
"We knew you would do this": Mundy,
Michelle,
85.
"If I could do this over": Mundy,
Michelle,
78.
"The thing about these wonderful schools": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."
"I had dated a lot of brothers": Mendell,
Obama,
93â94.
CHAPTER 6
"There would be no reason for me to dislike": Bakst, "Brown Coach Robinson a Strong Voice for Brother-in-law Obama."
"My parents weren't very
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