Michelle Obama's long journey to the White House is a story spanning five generations
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's family sure has come a long way in five generations.
American filmmaker and Selma director Ava DuVernay shared a compelling tweet paying tribute to the former First Lady's great-great-great grandmother, Melvinia "Mattie" Shields McGruder, who was born a slave in South Carolina in 1844.
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Become your ancestor's wildest dreamhttp://pic.twitter.com/4xvyBZauwY
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 5, 2017
DuVernay tweeted: "Become your ancestor's wildest dreams." The inscription on the tombstone states that, at age six, Mattie was brought to the Shields farm, located in what is now the community of Rex, in Georgia's Clayton County. Read more...
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