U.S. first lady Michelle Obama listens to Ahmed Kathrada, former political prisoner on Robben Island and anti-apartheid figure, as she visits the District Six museum, in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 23, 2011. Founded in 1867 as a mixed community of freed slaves, merchants, and immigrants, the apartheid government in 1965 declared it “white” and forcibly removed 60,000 residents and bulldozed their homes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)