Barack Obama has taken the oath of office and been sworn in as America’s 44th president – and the country’s first African-American leader. More than one million people gathered in the National Mall in a wintry Washington DC, to see Mr Obama take the oath shortly after 1200 (1700 GMT). He used his inaugural address to vow to begin the work of “remaking America”.
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Keynote by Micah Sifry at re:publica 2010 in Berlin about “Obama Agonistes: From Campaigning to Governing, The Struggle to Open Up Politics”. “In 2008, Barack Obama rode a wave of mass political participation to become the first African-American President in the United States. His campaign was widely described as a model for integrating bottom-up grassroots supportonline and offlinewith traditional top-down marketing. And his administration promised to transform government by making it more open, participatory and collaborative. How much has Obama delivered on these promises? And how much did he really change American politics? In this talk, Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and editor of techPresident.com will look at the myths, and realities, of Obama the candidate and president.”
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Despite claims to the contrary, Barack Obama’s presidency does not herald a post-racial America or a new black politics, according to United States Studies Centre visitor, African-American cultural expert, Professor Kevin Gaines. Professor Kevin Gaines is the Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, and Professor of History at the University of Michigan and visited the United States Studies Centre to discuss the topic of Barack Obama and African American politics.
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