Long Beach Luminaries Feel Excitement As They Head to D.C.
Press Telegram › January 17, 2009
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LONG BEACH - The sea of faces 2 million deep expected at Tuesday's presidential inauguration will include more than a few from Long Beach.
Local notables from government, business and education, as well as regular folks making the trek to witness history, plan to watch Barack Obama become the nation's first president of color.See the full content of this document
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Long Beach Luminaries Feel Excitement As They Head to D.C.
"For the first time I think as a people, and I mean all people, all people who need advocates, it's more than a dream," U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Long Beach, said, referring to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "Dream" speech. "W...
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