After giving it more thought, she decided to keep her hair straight so it wouldn’t be a roadblock to getting legislation, like healthcare, passed. “Let me keep my hair straight,” Obama said she thought. “We deal with it, the whole thing about, ‘Do you show up with your natural hair?’” Obama said. First lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. “Let me keep my hair straight,” Obama said of her mind-set at the time.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2022 21:13 UTC