--- title: Pictures of #ObamaAndKids Celebrate Black History Month description: To brighten everyone's day and celebrate Black History Month canonical: https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-20T17:19:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:19.833Z og:title: Pictures of #ObamaAndKids Celebrate Black History Month og:description: Twitter exploded with the #ObamaAndKids hashtag og:url: https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pictures of #ObamaAndKids Celebrate Black History Month twitter:description: Twitter exploded with the #ObamaAndKids hashtag twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Why Everyone Is Sharing Pictures of Obama With Kids  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Feb 20, 2016 5:19 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Feb 20, 2016 5:19 PM UTC Photos of President Obama playing with little kids blew up on Twitter Saturday, after activists called for Obama fans to post feel-good pics to celebrate Black History month. The trend was started by activist and entrepreneur Michael Skolnik, who noted that a recent photograph of Obama with a young onlooker perfectly illustrated how inspirational the first black President has been to young black children. > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/701040383879417856) He then called for other Twitter users to post their favorite photos of the President with little kids, using the hashtag #ObamaAndKids. > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/701052209375657986) Twitter users flooded the hashtag with photos of the President goofing off with his favorite constituents. > [](https://twitter.com/stlyme/status/701053290096754688) > [](https://twitter.com/CultureInStereo/status/701058068797218816) > [](https://twitter.com/sinoricemoss/status/701066105620566016) > [](https://twitter.com/Nice%5FWhite%5FLady/status/701064564780220418) > [](https://twitter.com/somanystyles/status/701081736717869056) > [](https://twitter.com/somanystyles/status/701081582908510208) > [](https://twitter.com/somanystyles/status/701081512150593536) > [](https://twitter.com/Val%5Fhollis/status/701057244637495296) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/"},"headline":"Here's Why Everyone Is Sharing Pictures of Obama With Kids","datePublished":"2016-02-20T17:19:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:19.833Z","description":"To brighten everyone's day and celebrate Black History Month","url":"https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4231490/obama-and-kids-twitter-obamaandkids/","name":"Here's Why Everyone Is Sharing Pictures of Obama With Kids"}}]}] ```