01.20.2009 5:33 pm

Inauguration Day!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As expected, the day started off at a frantic pace. The over-capacity crowds riding the Metro rails were sucked into even larger, sea-like crowds once they exited the stations.

I changed routes after seeing the unending lines outside specified, color-coded gates.…

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01.19.2009 11:30 am

Making it to DC

By Sylvester Brown Jr.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Before leaving my motel for DC., I met Marguerite Dupont Gamble, who traveled all the way from Florida to witness Obama’s swearing in. Ms. Gamble is a long-time member of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) established in the late 1950s.

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Tags: 1950, 40 years, celebration, DC., death, Election, Florida, inauguration, King, Marguerite Dupont Gamble, Obama, SCLC, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Washington

Inauguration Day!

Making it to DC

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