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For Obama swear-ins, '09 and '13 were a tale of two Harlems
Photo credit: Dan Janison
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...
