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A souvenir from a fundraiser for then-Senator Obama. “What was really awesome about this was that right before this time, Rashid made a piece called The Evolution of the Negro Political Costume,” which consisted of framed outfits worn by African-American organizers — a 1970s Jesse Jackson dashiki, a 1980s Al Sharpton track suit. “We reached out to Obama for a contemporary suit. The response was through Michelle,” Meloche remembers. “She was like, ‘You only own three suits, you can’t give up one.’” Fast forward to this meet-and-greet…