For older blacks, inauguration a dream fulfilled

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

ATLANTA -- As she watched Barack Obama descend the steps of the U.S. Capitol to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, 107-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper leaned forward in her seat, grinned and let out a contented sigh.

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