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Inauguration Bus Trip

Friday, January 23, 2009

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Get on the Bus: Bloomington Group Heads to Inauguration

Friday, January 23, 2009

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Get on the Bus: Bloomington Group Heads to Inauguration

The group, 36 people strong, packed a chartered motor coach with luggage, cold weather gear and a communal sense of history.

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Inauguration Update from WTIU Reporter in Washington

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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WTIU Reporter Shameka Neely is in Washington, D.C. following a local group organized the African-American sorority Zeta Phi Beta. WFIU's Daniel Robison caught up with her briefly as she waited to see the inaugural parade.

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Bloomington Reacts to Obama’s Inauguration, Speech

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Bloomington Reacts to Obama’s Inauguration, Speech

Hundreds watched the inauguration of Barack Obama Tuesday at the Indiana Memorial Union building in Bloomington. WFIU's Daniel Robison was there.

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Obama’s Inauguration Draws Interest of Local Students

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Since much of the recent election focused on the youth vote, WFIU wanted to talk to the next generation of voters. So WFIU's Colin Bishop stopped by Bedford North Lawrence High School and asked students about what the inauguration means to them.

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Inauguration History

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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We find out what the inauguration of Barack Obama means to people in our community.

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Students Gather at IMU to Watch Inauguration

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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IU students cheer and celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama at the IMU.

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African American Scholars, Voters See Inauguration as Meaningful Change

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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The freedoms to speak, sit in a public setting, drink from a water fountain, and even vote haven’t always been afforded to all Americans, specifically African-Americans. Basic human rights were once privileges to people of color. As WFIU’s Shameka Neely reports in the first of two inauguration-related features this week, past hardships and the struggles of African-Americans on a quest for equal rights which lasted more than a two centuries are being struck down today by the nation’s next President…

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