Barack Obama Catches Up with the Boy (Now Teen) Who Asked to Touch His Hair | WATCH

*(CNN) — Former President Barack Obama took to Instagram on Friday to congratulate Jacob Philadelphia, the boy who famously touched Obama’s head in an iconic 2009 White House photo, on his high school graduation.

Philadelphia, the son of then-National Security Council staffer Carlton Philadelphia, was 5 years old when he visited the Oval Office and asked Obama, “Is your hair like mine?” Obama then bent down and told him to touch his head. “Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’ve got,” Obama recalled Philadelphia saying.

The moment was captured by White House photographer Pete Souza, and the photo, which Souza later named “Hair Like Mine,” was celebrated for highlighting the importance of representation.

Hair Like Mine,” was celebrated for highlighting the importance of representation.

Obama reconnected with Philadelphia on Zoom before the now teenager’s graduation from the International School of Uganda.

News Source: eurWeb / Written Credits: Fisher Jack