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Americans Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President-elect Obama paints a wall at a homeless shelter for teens January 19. Obama encouraged Americans to honor the late civil rights leader by participating in community service projects on the day before Obama is inaugurated as the nation's 44th president.
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Inauguration Marks Continuity of Democracy
The orderly transfer of power from one president to the next is a hallmark of U.S. democracy. The transfer occurs when the incoming president takes the Oath of Office on January 20. America.gov looks at the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States.
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Black Americans and the Long Road to Equality
Martin Luther King (center) leads a march to secure voting rights in March 1965. Five months later, President Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act. With federal enforcement of voting rights, black Americans have made gains in every walk of American life.
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