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...first, when 1.8 million people crammed onto the National Mall to witness the swearing-in of the nation's first black president. Far fewer people attended this year's inauguration - officials estimated up to 700,000 people - but the crowd...
...acknowledged "my own failings" as he asked for a second term, four years after taking office as the nation's first black president.Citing progress toward recovery, he said, "After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed...
...ethnically diverse and are keenly aware a nod to the "birthers" could smack of a racial smear against the country's first black president. The party instead will continue to showcase some of its high profile minority members, including South Carolina...
...President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the White House. Bishop Wilton Gregory was elected the first black president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In the world In 1775, during the American Revolution, U.S...
...Vietnam peace talks began in Paris. In 1994, Nelson Mandela took the oath of office to become South Africa's first black president. In 1997, President Clinton signed modest drug-fighting and trade agreements with Caribbean leaders in Barbados...
...black, yellow, red, orange, and green people all holding hands singing and crying to the sight of America's first black president. But the bottom line for many of a darker hue in this nation is that no matter what you do, how much you accomplish...
...economic catastrophe and a broken health care system. How do you separate the racial backlash against him as the first black president from the political backlash against his being the first to take on so many problems on Day One? Still, I am amused...
...Homeland Security. A significant difference this time, according to the April analysis, is that the nation has its first black president. "Right-wing extremists," the report says, "are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment tool...
...extreme ideology, and it probably also includes people whose anger is actually rooted in distrust of the country's first black president. But many who call themselves "tea partiers" are simply real people with real concerns who have real voices...
...And one of those factors, he said, was a reaction tinged by racism following the election of the nation's first black president. "Would Sarah Palin be where she is today if we didn't have a black president?" Thomas asked. Thomas, a...