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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama is a 1985 graduate of Princeton University. Her brother, Craig Robinson, class of 1983, was a basketball star there and has been head coach at Brown University and Oregon State University… Although she’s younger than Barack Obama, Michelle graduated from Harvard Law School first, in
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Taye Diggs
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Denzel Washington Is Praised For Intervening With Cops And ‘Distressed Homeless Man’
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Laurence Fishburne
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Barack And Michelle Obama To Deliver Virtual Graduation Speeches To Class Of 2020
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