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In Harlem, reacting to Obama's 2nd inauguration

Margerine Hamilton, a street vendor on 125th Street

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Margerine Hamilton, a street vendor on 125th Street near the The Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building Plaza, tries to sell President Obama memorabilia. (Jan. 21, 2013)

Four years ago, the plaza outside the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem was jammed with thousands of people shouting, cheering and chanting Barack Obama's name. They waved flags and hoisted homemade signs and posters in the freezing cold as they watched this president sworn in for the first time on jumbo screens with giant sound systems.

For his second inauguration, the...

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