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By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) artharris 2018 all right reserved

I covered her visit to historic Bennett College on Mother’s Day, 1989 and slightly edited what I wrote back then for The Washington Post. Out of 2,600 requests for her to speak at college graduations, she’d picked the all-black women’s school in North Carolina.

It was a warm Spring day, and what struck me about First Lady Barbara Bush was the warmth she radiated and how students pressed forward to meet her, later telling me how smart, special and proud she’d made them feel. Read the rest of this entry »