By the time you get to be 106, you have seen and done a lot. And Virginia McLaurin is almost 107. But last week, McLaurin did something for the first time. She went to the White House. There, she met President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. She said it was something she never thought she would be able to do. “I thought I would never get in the White House,” McLaurin said, in a video posted on the White House’s Facebook page over the weekend. McLaurin is an African-American resident of Washington, D.C. She was born in 1909 in South Carolina. A video of her celebrating Black History Month with the Obamas last week got people giddy on social media. Black History Month is celebrated every February, and it recognizes the contributions African-Americans make to the world. More than 25 million people have seen the video since it was released Sunday night. The video was shared nearly 500,000 times on Facebook.
Title: 106-Year-Old Dances for Joy Over 'Black' President
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data-end-time='19354'>She went to the White House. </span> <span data-start-time='19354' data-end-time='25604'>There, she met President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.</span> <span data-start-time='25604' data-end-time='30479'>She said it was something she never thought she would be able to do.</span> <span data-start-time='30479' data-end-time='40646'>“I thought I would never get in the White House,” McLaurin said, in a video posted on the White House’s Facebook page over the weekend.</span> <span data-start-time='40646' data-end-time='46042'>McLaurin is an African-American resident of Washington, D.C. </span> <span data-start-time='46042' data-end-time='51000'>She was born in 1909 in South Carolina.</span> <span data-start-time='51000' data-end-time='60458'>A video of her celebrating Black History Month with the Obamas last week got people giddy on social media. </span> <span data-start-time='60458' data-end-time='70479'>Black History Month is celebrated every February, and it recognizes the contributions African-Americans make to the world.</span> <span data-start-time='70479' data-end-time='78125'>More than 25 million people have seen the video since it was released Sunday night. </span> <span data-start-time='78125' data-end-time='83396'>The video was shared nearly 500,000 times on Facebook. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/842/106_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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