Attendees Monday at President Obama’s second inauguration described a more muted and orderly celebration, with some of 2009’s enthusiasm tempered by four years of hard fought battles with Congress. But there were reminders that especially for African Americans the re-election of a black president signifies a decisive historical movement away from the country’s long and often violent racial turmoil.
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