They came from all around the world to witness the spectacle of the 57th Presidential Inauguration and they all wanted something to take home with them, a reminder of the […]
Category: Inauguration 2013
Maryland Inaugural Ball
The state’s Democrats, who were pivotal in Presi¬dent Obama’s reelection in November, converged on National Harbor’s Gaylord hotel on Jan. 20 to celebrate his second inauguration and the role they […]
Black Star Power Shines Bright at BET Inaugural Ball
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Just hours after President Obama was sworn in to his second term, a host of musicians, actors and dignitaries lined the red carpet at BET Networks’ 2013 Inaugural Ball. […]
Obama Opens Second Term with a Bold Return to his Base
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Rejecting calls for him to move closer toward his Republican critics, a confident President Barack H. Obama kicked off his second term on Monday by making an […]
Obama II Inauguration Kindles Special Emotions for Older Blacks
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Tears rolled down the cheeks of a 60-year-old woman shortly after President Obama took the oath of office for his second term. She calmly let them drop without […]
MC Lyte, Legend, Honored at Second Hip Hop Inaugural Ball
Celebrating the re-election of President Barack H. Obama and the hip hop culture influence on politics, stars lined the green carpet, in place of the classic red one, leading into […]
Youth Events Celebrate Obama Inauguration
Washington D.C.–What happens when you put boy band Mindless Behavior on stage in a room of thousands of teeny boppers? You get screaming at an unbearable decibel level and one […]
Fashionably Capitalizing on the 2013 Presidential Inauguration
When Gerald Matthews created GeraldMatthewsCollections and G of NY Clothing in 2003, he couldn’t have imagined the big break that would change the direction of that business. Designing and selling […]
Rapper Lupe Fiasco Invited to Leave Inaugural Stage Event
Grammy award nominee Lupe Fiasco was asked to leave the stage of an inauguration event Jan. 20 interrupting an anti-war song by the 31-year-old rapper in a performance that was […]
President Calls on Americans to Rally Together to Resolve Nation’s Woes
In a less high-flown more pragmatic speech than he delivered four years ago, President Obama urged Americans during his second inaugural speech on Jan. 21 to take collective action to […]
First Lady Michelle Obama Dazzles on Inauguration Day
They may be afraid to admit it openly, but many Americans who tuned in to the second inauguration of President Obama were just as excited about seeing what Michelle Obama […]
Film, “The House I Live In”, Draws Large Inauguration, Celebrity Crowd
A showing of a film at Shiloh Baptist Church about America’s failed drug war proved to be a huge inaugural weekend attraction on Jan. 19, with hundreds of people lining […]