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From iconic performances to inspiring conversations, relive the highlights of the behemoth that is ESSENCE Festival.

The former First Lady's reading of "Where the Wild Things Are" is set to drop in time for the book's 60th anniversary.

Michelle and Barack Obama celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary on Oct. 3. Amid recent celeb divorces, they are an example of Black love.

Michelle and Barack Obama celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary on Oct. 3. Amid recent celeb divorces, they are an example of Black love.

Michelle Obama is a name for our generation. No matter how ugly and vile society treated her she was, and is, our Forever First Lady. This isn’t the case just because she is a black woman, but because the kind of black woman she represents. She’s the embodiment of intelligence, grace, class, style, elegance, and the adjectives can go on for days. However, of all the things she embodies her authenticity stands out as a master class. She taught us to go high as we watched her do it under unfai...

Michelle Obama is a name for our generation. No matter how ugly and vile society treated her she was, and is, our Forever First Lady. This isn’t the case just because she is a black woman, but because the kind of black woman she represents. She’s the embodiment of intelligence, grace, class, style, elegance, and the adjectives can go on for days. However, of all the things she embodies her authenticity stands out as a master class. She taught us to go high as we watched her do it under unfai...

Michelle Obama is a name for our generation. No matter how ugly and vile society treated her she was, and is, our Forever First Lady. This isn’t the case just because she is a black woman, but because the kind of black woman she represents. She’s the embodiment of intelligence, grace, class, style, elegance, and the adjectives can go on for days. However, of all the things she embodies her authenticity stands out as a master class. She taught us to go high as we watched her do it under unfai...

We feel like it was just last year that we cheered Sasha Obama off to prom. Well we guess the pandemic really did a number on us because 2019 was apparently four years ago and now the littlest Obama has graduated!

Former First Lady and bestselling author, Michelle Obama, will make her first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” since 2021. 

Former First Lady and bestselling author, Michelle Obama, will make her first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” since 2021.