CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – DECEMBER 05: Former President Barack Obama moderates a conversation with Manu Meel, Co-Founder and CEO of BridgeUSA, Ainka Jackson, Founding executive director of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation and Nika Kovač, Director of Slovenia-based Institute 8th of March during the Obama Foundation’s 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The 2024 Democracy Forum focused on “pluralism” and exploring how diverse communities can work together. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS – AUGUST 08: Dave Chappelle speaks at the premiere of “Dave Chappelle: Live In Real Life” benefitting the Duke Ellington School of the Arts during the 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 08, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Michelle Obama speaks onstage during a recording of the “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson” podcast during the 2025 SXSW Conference And Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Julia Beverly/WireImage/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – Former US President Barack Obama arrives onstage after his wife and former First Lady Michelle Obama introduced him on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the party’s nomination for president at the DNC which runs from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – AUGUST 20: Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear on stage in between their addresses on the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Former President Barack Obama (L) speaks alongside Golden State Warriors basketball player Stephen Curry (R) during the MBK Rising! My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, California on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Michelle Obama speaks onstage during a recording of the “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson” podcast during the 2025 SXSW Conference And Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Julia Beverly/WireImage/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – AUGUST 20: Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear on stage in between their addresses on the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
