Black Love: Barack and Michelle Obama's Love Through the Years
ESSENCE.View ESSENCE’s Exclusive Photos of Barack Obama’s Campaign Trail » Michelle greets Barack after his electrifying speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.View ESSENCE’s Exclusive Photos of Barack Obama’s Campaign Trail » The couple makes their way off stage after the 2004 DNC Speech. Barack shares in his best-seller “The Audacity of Hope” that Michelle gave him the final boost as they embraced before he took the stage and told him, “Just don’t screw it up, buddy.”View ESSENCE’s Exclusive Photos of Barack Obama’s Campaign Trail » The year 2004 continued to be a big year for the Obamas as Barack beat Alan Keyes in the first Senate race with two Black candidates.