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Category: Inauguration 2013

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Memorabilia Hot Ticket for Inauguration

by Odessa MohabeerJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Maryland Inaugural Ball

by AFRO StaffJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Black Star Power Shines Bright at BET Inaugural Ball

by Gregory DaleJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 2022

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. […]

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Obama Opens Second Term with a Bold Return to his Base

by George E. CurryJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Obama II Inauguration Kindles Special Emotions for Older Blacks

by Taryn FinleyJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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MC Lyte, Legend, Honored at Second Hip Hop Inaugural Ball

by Alexis TaylorJanuary 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Youth Events Celebrate Obama Inauguration

by Teria RogersJanuary 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Fashionably Capitalizing on the 2013 Presidential Inauguration

by Massimo A. Delogu Jr.January 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Rapper Lupe Fiasco Invited to Leave Inaugural Stage Event

by AFRO StaffJanuary 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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President Calls on Americans to Rally Together to Resolve Nation’s Woes

by Zenitha PrinceJanuary 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama Dazzles on Inauguration Day

by Zenitha PrinceJanuary 21, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Film, “The House I Live In”, Draws Large Inauguration, Celebrity Crowd

by Jacqueline JamesJanuary 20, 2013January 25, 2022

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 […]

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