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Despite Popularity, Obama's Dance Partner Can't Get An ID To Board A Plane
Virginia McLaurin, who recently turned 107, was still basking in the glow of her dance with President Obama in February. A White House video of the meeting has been viewed nearly 66 million times. The attention has resulted in invitations to New York and Los Angeles for media interviews.
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Dancing 106-Year-Old Describes The Day She Charmed The Obamas: 'I Can Die Smiling Now'
As she picked cotton and shucked corn in the fields of South Carolina with her parents, it never occurred to the young Virginia McLaurin that she might one day eat in the same restaurants as white people. And the notion that she would live to see the country elect a black president, and that one day she'd be invited to the White House and clasp his...
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Obamas Find A 106-Year-Old Reason To Dance
At 106, Virginia McLaurin has lived through 18 US presidents, but none like Barack Obama. Ms McLaurin, an African-American woman had waited all her life to see an African-American as President. So, when she finally got a chance to meet Mr Obama and his wife Michelle Obama at the White House, the bubbly centenarian could not contain her excitement.
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Despite Popularity, Obama's Dance Partner Can't Get An ID To Board A Plane
Virginia McLaurin, who recently turned 107, was still basking in the glow of her dance with President Obama in February. A White House video of the meeting has been viewed nearly 66 million times. The attention has resulted in invitations to New York and Los Angeles for media interviews.
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Dancing 106-Year-Old Describes The Day She Charmed The Obamas: 'I Can Die Smiling Now'
As she picked cotton and shucked corn in the fields of South Carolina with her parents, it never occurred to the young Virginia McLaurin that she might one day eat in the same restaurants as white people. And the notion that she would live to see the country elect a black president, and that one day she'd be invited to the White House and clasp his...
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Obamas Find A 106-Year-Old Reason To Dance
At 106, Virginia McLaurin has lived through 18 US presidents, but none like Barack Obama. Ms McLaurin, an African-American woman had waited all her life to see an African-American as President. So, when she finally got a chance to meet Mr Obama and his wife Michelle Obama at the White House, the bubbly centenarian could not contain her excitement.
