“I wake up in a house that was built by slaves.”

Remarks by the First Lady at City College of New York Commencement https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/03/remarks-first-lady-city-college-new-york-commencement (3 June 2016); quoted in "Michelle Obama: Every Day, 'I Wake Up in a House That Was Built by Slaves'" http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/04/michelle-obama-every-day-i-wake-up-in-house-built-slaves/ by Jeremy Hudson, Breitbart (4 June 2016)
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