Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States Tuesday in front of almost two million people, the first African-American to hold the office. Obama, a former lecturer at the Law School, spoke to the largest crowd ever to gather in the capital, calling on Americans to work together to restore the nation’s prosperity.
Topic: inauguration 2009
Slideshow: University celebrates Obama’s inauguration
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Obama’s historic inauguration draws record crowds
Photos from U of C photographers of former professor Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington D.C.
