Obama takes historic spot as first black president

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Before a crowd of more than a million, Barack Hussein Obama claimed his place in history as America's first black president, summoning a nation to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of war and economic woe.

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