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Michelle Obama shared on Friday that being the first black family in the White House, she and Barack couldn’t afford to make mistakes.
“Barack and I knew very early that we would be measured by a different yardstick,” Michelle said of her husband’s tenure as the nation’s first black president during a conversation with Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden. “Making mistakes was not an option for us. Not that we didn’t make mistakes, but we had to be good — no, we had to be outstanding — at everything we did….When you’re the first, you’re the one that’s laying the red carpet down for others to follow.”
Michelle also discussed her upcoming memoir Becoming: