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He’s so – him! Plus: Now I know who Charles Hamilton Houston was. Win!
Update: Be sure to read the backstory that socioprof provides – click here!
Black History Month Eve – 21 years ago, one Mr. Barack Obama had something to say.
Posted by emilylhauser on January 31, 2012
http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/black-history-month-eve-21-years-ago-one-mr-barack-obama-had-something-to-say/
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- @blakehounshell @sandychoi (Bearing in mind that I know none of you & only enjoy seeing @DavidYHounshell's lovely punim in your TL!) 8 hours ago
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Coco Rivers
/ January 31, 2012OMG I can’t even say how much I loved that
. Very cool. thanks for sharing.
socioprof
/ January 31, 2012This does help.
emilylhauser
/ January 31, 2012Told ‘ya.
He’s so him. It just slays me.
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/ February 1, 2012Awesome!
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/ February 1, 2012This is great! And it made me go back and check, and yes, I wrote part of my Professional Responsibility Exam in law school about Houston! Barack and I are twins! (well, not really….)
emilylhauser
/ February 1, 2012I’m twins with Michelle, because we’re the same age and both grew up in Chicago (-ish). So you can TOTALLY be twins with Barack.