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A black woman ran for president, but black women have always been in the White House. From enslaved runaways to black

cabinet members, here are just three of the hundreds of black women who've been running the

White House. I'm Len, and this is too many black history. What you didn't learn in school.

First Lady Michelle Obama once stated, I wake up every morning in the house that was built

by slaves.

It was one of the first times the hidden black history of the White House was acknowledged

so publicly.

This was especially significant coming from her, as it's often black women most erased

from White House history.

While the White House was being constructed by enslaved labor, President Washington lived

in Philadelphia with his family and those he enslaved, including only Judge.

After hearing she was being sold, Judge permanently walked out of the president's temporary

quarters, evading Washington's attempt to recapture her.

Daughter of a White House maid, Lillian Parks, worked as a maid and seamstress during the

Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower administrations.

She was eventually made chief maid, developing many of the current White House staffed traditions

and expectations.

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