First Lady Michelle O. Covers Essence Magazine's August 2014 Issue...


via Essence.com: "We cannot waste the opportunity that we have here in America, especially as African-Americans. Our ancestors fought and bled and died so that we could go to school," she says. "And I still think about that." It's a message she's drilled into her daughters. "We talk about responsibility and accountability, about making sure that they're not wasting the opportunities they're given. We make sure they know how lucky they are and that, because of that, they have an obligation to have their acts together and to take their education very seriously." Click the pic above to read more.

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