'We go high': Michelle Obama talks Chicago childhood, life after White House in exclusive interview

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Michelle Obama spoke about the inspiration she gets from her father, Fraser C. Robinson III, who had multiple sclerosis.

Michelle Obama spoke exclusively with ABC7 ahead of her final Chicago Theatre show promoting her new book, "The Light We Carry."The tough days of the pandemic had her reaching in her own toolbox.

It's a question she found the answer to years ago, right at home in Chicago. She said her childhood on Euclid Avenue on the city's South Side was "the foundation" for developing essential tools. She talked about the breadwinner who she watched go from standing to falling and the lesson that taught her.

It's a tool she would later use to coin the phrase, "When they go low, we go high." It's not just a motto to her or her husband, but an action plan.

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