Michelle Obama was the 1st African-American 1st Lady of America. She is the only first lady to hold 2 ivy league degrees. As 1st Lady, Obama worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/Yl8c91AnCc

— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) March 1, 2019

Give adequate credit. I’ve worked on this for 16 years. https://t.co/8YYk3A75m3

— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) March 14, 2019

After years of working to enact the home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers as a national monument, I am proud to announce it has been signed into law. I hope this enactment affords my long-time friend Myrlie Evers some assurance that her husband’s legacy lives on. pic.twitter.com/lFInLfyZnW

— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) March 13, 2019

.@HouseDemocrats are putting #FamiliesFirst, with the truth & facts as our guide, as we pick up the pieces of the emergency response system that the Trump Administration dismantled. pic.twitter.com/XKSpsyx4b2

— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) April 18, 2020