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.
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.
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.
The U.S. Air Force has begun airlifting Rwandan peacekeeping equipment and supplies from Kigali to the Darfur region of Sudan as part of the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission.
Calling Congress "a coequal branch of government," President-elect Obama says his administration will have to work closely with legislators to pass an economic stimulus bill.
Robert Frost and other poets have penned verses for presidential inaugurations.
Inauguration Day and many of the traditions associated with it date back to the nation’s earliest days.
Community colleges give countless Americans the opportunity to receive higher education.
The U.S. Treasury and central bank have taken sweeping steps to deal with global economic turmoil.
Americans recount the paths they took to find their life’s work and what they learned along the way.
Agricultural development boosts economic growth and reduces poverty all over the world.
The 1948 U.N. declaration has improved the lives of individuals worldwide.
America.gov's resident scientist blogs about leading-edge discoveries in science.
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