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Big problems, high hopes await first black U.S. presidentWASHINGTON - Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday before a sea of cheering people gathered to witness the beginning of his tenure and a profound moment in racial history. More » |
Obama's success hinges on more than raceWASHINGTON - History surely will remember President Barack Obama as the first black to sit in the White House. But success in his term will depend on his accomplishments rather than on the color of his skin. More » |
Onlookers cheer as Obama rides rails to WashingtonBALTIMORE - President-elect Barack Obama, cheered by onlookers along the train route Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half earlier, last Saturday undertook the final leg of his inaugural journey to the U.S. capital, pledging to reclaim America?s spirit, but also warning of the steep challenges facing the country. More » |
President Obama: RFK's prediction finally comes trueIn the early 1960s, then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a promising picture for African Americans. More » |
MLK's famed dream also included economic justiceNEW YORK - The focus of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 wasn't what had been accomplished - but rather his view of what still needed to be done. More » |
