With their grandmother

From the left: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB004380" title="Malia Obama" href="/topic/politics/malia-obama-PECLB004380.topic">Malia Obama</a>, 10 , <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB004381" title="Sasha Obama" href="/topic/politics/sasha-obama-PECLB004381.topic">Sasha Obama</a>, 7 and their grandmother Marian Robinson take seats before the First Lady <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB005380" title="Michelle Obama" href="/topic/politics/michelle-obama-PECLB005380.topic">Michelle Obama</a> celebrates African American History Month at the event in the East Room of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House" href="/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic">White House</a> in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 2009. The first lady was hosting 6th and 7th grade school children at a performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American female a cappella ensemble.

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( Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak / February 18, 2009 )

From the left: Malia Obama, 10 , Sasha Obama, 7 and their grandmother Marian Robinson take seats before the First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates African American History Month at the event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 2009. The first lady was hosting 6th and 7th grade school children at a performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American female a cappella ensemble.

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