Former First Lady calls for persistence during Freedom Awards
“If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we all have a role to play in addressing the problems we face,” said former First Lady Michelle Obama, seen here in 2019. Obama was given a Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights museum Oct. 14. (Hau Dinh/AP file)
Former First Lady Michelle Obama was joined by Poor People’s Campaign founders Rev. William Barber and Liz Theoharis in an awards ceremony that was for the most part conducted live in an Orpheum theater without an audience.
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