Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Power; Queen of Grace and Power; Artist Statement; Power; Michelle Obama as an Administrator: Reflections; First Ladies/First Wives, First Women Presidents: Sexuality, Leadership and Power in the African Diaspora; First Wives/First Ladies; The Contradictions of Leadership in Black First Lady Status in the USA; First Black Women Presidents and Trends in Black Women International Leadership; Conclusion: The Limits and Gains of Leadership; Works Cited; Michelle Obama and Black Women as Alchemists

Michelle Obama: Flight vs. FightWhen and Where I Enter; Part II Patriotism and Service; Dark and Lovely; Artist Statement; Mrs. Michelle Obama; Michelle Obama: American-Whether You Like It or Not; From Trepidation to Enthusiasm; You Attack Her-You Attack Us; "First Time in My Adult Life"; Whatever You Thought, Wrote or Said Will Be Used Against You; And Now Let's Attack the People You Know; The Unfamiliar Is Terrorism; Their Win Was Our Win; My Hero

"A Quiet Untold Story of Profound Need": The Activism, Partnerships and Advocacy of First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Military FamiliesJoining Forces; Veteran Homelessness; Celebrating African American Women Through Dance at the White House; References; Let's Move! with Michelle Obama; Introduction; Why Focus on Obesity?; Before Let's Move!: The White House Kitchen Garden; Let's Move!; Let's Move! Critiques; Conclusion; Striving in Style; Part III Defying Stereotypes: Black Body, Black Beauty & Motherhood; Unapologetic; Artist Statement; Michelle's Arms; Verna

A Woman "Other Women Talk About": Michelle Obama and the "Looks" of First Black Ladyhood"Eating the Right Way": Michelle Obama and Healthy Habits; Michelle Obama Raising Black Daughters to Be Magic; Reconfiguring Black Motherhood: Michelle Obama and the "Mom-in-Charge Trope"; The Robinsons: The Prototypical African American Family; Liminality: The Robinson's Proud Working Class Status; Mom in Chief, Mom in Charge as Political; Black Women's Response to Michelle Obama as Mom in Charge; Michelle Obama as the Quintessential African American Ideal of Beauty

African American Family and the Obama'sWhite Supremacist Feminist Respond to Michelle Obama as "Mom in Charge"; Mom in Charge to Children of Color; African American Women Push Back Against White Supremacist Feminists; Conclusion; The Beauty of Michelle Obama; Michelle Obama: Marching to the Beat of Her Own Strengths and Defying Negative Stereotypes Along the Way; "No Path Strewn with Roses…"; Controlling Images; "Crooked Room"; Part IV Legacy; Dreams of a Wildflower; Artist Statement; A Free-Spirited Dream; Black Girl Rocks: Michelle Obama, My Inspiration