Sentences with phrase «anything on inauguration day»

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A day after the inauguration, in response to this newspaper's question about his relationship with Mendez, Williams released a terse statement in which he did not allude to anything that went on during his bid to become speaker.

The End of Anger: A New Generation's Take on Race and Rage by Ellis Cose Ecco Books Hardcover, $ 24.99 320 pages ISBN: 978 -0-06-199855-3 Book Review by Kam Williams «The End of Anger is an exploration of why it is that many blacks are feeling optimistic these days... [This] is a book about success — about a particularly privileged, even indulged, group of African - Americans whose experiences in many respects are far from the norm... In January 2009, on the eve of President Barack Obama's inauguration, a CNN poll found that 69 % of blacks agreed that Martin Luther King's vision had been fulfilled... The election of an African - American president was a Rubicon to be crossed... No longer are there any excuses for denying blacks anything or for blacks denying themselves the opportunity to aim as high as they wish.»