The first lady told her: "I want to be like you when I grow up." McLaurin was born in 1909 in South Carolina and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1941, according to a community Facebook page set up for her.
She told the Obamas: "I thought I would never live to get in the White House ... I am so happy — a black president."
The video of the meeting received almost 11 million views on the White House's Facebook page in the first six hours after it was uploaded late SundayWatch the touching video below:
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