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Michelle Obama And Common Encourage Black Voter Registration

In a video released for Black History Month, Michelle Obama and Common recite the Black National Anthem to encourage Black voter registration.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 23: Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a rally for When We All Vote’s National Week of Action at Chaparral High School on September 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is the founder and a co-chairwoman of the organization that aims to help people register and to vote. Early voting for the 2018 midterm elections in Nevada begins on October 20. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
By Breanna Edwards ·
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Former first lady Michelle Obama and rapper Common are joining together to encourage more Black people to register to vote.

In a newly released video, a part of the non-profit When We All Vote, which Obama co-chairs, both Obama and Common recite lines from the first verse of the Black National Anthem.

As they recite the iconic words, pictures from past voting and civil rights protests including the March on Washington in 1963, and the March from Selma to Montgomery (specifically the infamous Bloody Sunday) of 1965.

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