First lady Michelle Obama, center, greets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
employees on stage following her speech at the agency in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.
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First lady Michelle Obama hosts ‘Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize’ in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009
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FILE** In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, wearing a Narciso Rodriguez dress, acknowledge the crowd after he delivered his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago
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Yes.We.Can
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Plenty of high-profile surrogates would show up with our ten on the campaign trail. Elizabeth Wilkins and Alexander Lofton pose here with one of the best-known celebs: Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas and the now-famous “Yes We Can” video.
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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, poses with supporters at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Manchester, NH on October 20
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FILE** This Jan. 20, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, wearing Isabel Toledo as they walk the inaugural parade route in Washington.
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Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency respond as First lady Michelle Obama addresses them in Washington, February 26, 2009
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First lady Michelle Obama, center, waves as she departs after speaking to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009
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This February 2009 photo released by The White House Feb. 27, 2009, shows the official portrait of first lady Michelle Obama taken in the Blue Room of The White House in Washington.
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East Wing Warrior
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As White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers’ deputy, Tubman will oversee the dozens of events—for politics or pleasure—that pass through “the people’s house” each week.
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In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama hugs an unidentified District of Columbia school student in the East Room at the White House in Washington during an appearence by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American female a cappella ensemble.
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Raising the Bar
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Green will serve in the Office of Legal Counsel under Obama.
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First Lady Michelle Obama, right, talks with Retired Lt. Col. Ester P. Corcoran, of Washington, after speaking at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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First lady Michelle Obama, left, shakes hands with Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody during a tour at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Gen. Dunwoody is the first woman to achieve the rank of four star general in the United States Armed Forces
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First lady Michelle Obama reacts as Retired Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, not shown, speaks at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets military families and Department of U.S. Army workers at the Iron …
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Members of the armed forces listen and photograph first lady Michelle Obama as she speaks at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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Generation O
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Wilkins, whose family has a storied history of fighting for civil rights, was raised to think “your job is to believe in this country and to fight for it if you have the means and the ability.” In Washington, she’ll carry the torch as an aide in the Domestic Policy Council.
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A Guy Who Gets It
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Joshua DuBois was largely responsible for the ground Barack Obama made up among religious voters on November 4. He says, of seeing then state senator Obama speak at the 2004 Democratic convention: “When he talked about worshipping an awesome God I said, ‘Well, here’s a guy who gets it.’”
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Champagne for My Real Friends
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Demissie gets a kiss on the dome from Ravi Gupta, another law school classmate now serving as Susan Rice’s special assistant at the United Nations, shortly after the race is called for Obama in Ohio.
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Do You Want Hope With That?
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Samantha Tubman criss-crossed the country on the Obama campaign plane. In one state, the press bus broke down in front of a strip club; in another, a flying burrito ruined her outfit. At this stop in Reno, Nevada, the candidate’s microphone went out. “You have to be ready for anything,” she says.
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UnConventional Women
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Myesha Ward poses with friend Eureka Gilkey, another black campaign veteran and the new White House Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, during a break in speeches during the Democratic National Convention.
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Rack ‘Em Up
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The very convincing Ward banked dozens and dozens of the 478 superdelegates that Obama needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. “I love doing what I do,” she says. “Despite the differences, you really learn what issues concern people, and find different ways to bring people under the same umbrella.”
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Put Your Hands Up
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In addition to The Root’s featured females, dozens of black women worked the trail for Obama. From right to left: Eureka Gilkey, Treshawn Shields, Kimonia Alfred, Danielle Gray, Adrienne Cooper, Myesha Ward, and Samantha Tubman.
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A Few Good Men
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Some of the boys stroll toward 1600 Pennsylvania during The Root’s White House photo shoot.
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Belle Du Jour
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Jason Green oversaw dozens of visits for key Obama surrogates during his stints organizing in South Carolina, Nevada, Maryland, Wisconsin, Connecticut and North Carolina. Here, the future FLOTUS extends a hand to supporters, while Green looks on.
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Made You Look
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Black Packer Samantha Tubman encourages all Americans to get involved: “Fifteen years from now, I think a lot of people will look back at this campaign and say, ‘Hey, I can pack up a suitcase and travel the country for two years,’ because a lot of people—black, white young, old—did it.”
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Stand and Deliver
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Lofton brought a soldier’s mentality to political organizing: “I am not one to go overseas and fight, but I am definitely one to fight where I can,” he says. “To talk about getting in a car headed to Georgia and being driven by your ancestry and your history is a powerful thing.”
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Always On Call
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Jason Green and Marlon Marshall share a laugh during The Root’s White House photo shoot. In the distance, Joshua DuBois takes a conference call.
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18 Million Cracks
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Marshall, seen here repping his old (and new) boss, says the primary battle was worth it: “You could really see the investment—training volunteers to take action in their communities is a life-changing experience.”
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100,000 Plus One
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Marshall warms up a record-breaking crowd of 100,000, gathered to hear Obama’s closing campaign argument in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 18th, 2008.
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Ready on Day One
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Marshall reflects on his road to the White House: “I’ve done campaigns for years—so it’s interesting to see the other side. Usually you work your heart out putting somebody there, and now you see how the government works.”
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The Young and the Restless
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Michael Strautmanis, a key White House manager and chief of staff to senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, says The Root’s Talented Ten “do all the work, get no attention and very soon will run the world.” Watch out!
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