“I didn’t know what to make of him. He said, ‘I think I want to go into politics one day.’ I said, ‘OK, OK, keep that to yourself and come over and meet my aunt Gracie.’ All I could think about was, ‘Don’t say anything stupid in front of my sister or you’ll get jettisoned right away.’
— Craig Robinson on his first meeting with Barack Obama, from the Biography Channel
Craig Robinson has seen up close one of the most famous rags-to-riches tales in modern U.S. history: the rise of Barack Obama to become the first African-American president.