Virginia Dancing With Obamas

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.