Editing Merced, California (section)

===Black community===
Through the years, Merced County has recognized many historic milestones. Some of those essential moments include the rise of Merced's first Black mayor, Sam Pipes in 1983 and the visit by first lady [[Michelle Obama]] to UC Merced for the university's 2009 commencement.

There's also the story of the late [[Charles Ogletree]], a Merced native who rose from poverty to become a respected Harvard Law professor. Ogletree taught both [[Barack]] and [[Michelle Obama]] at Harvard; he remained close to [[Barack Obama]] throughout his apolitical career.[13]
Ogletree wrote opinion pieces on the state of race in the United States for major publications.[14] Ogletree also served as the moderator for a panel discussion on civil rights in baseball on March 28, 2008, that accompanied the second annual Major League Baseball civil rights exhibition game the following day between the New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox.[15]