Elizabeth Alexander was in her hotel room in Washington ... inauguration day — in January of 2025. In his inauguration speech Obama said he believed that this country would one day move past ...

SSgt. Acey introduces Elizabeth Alexander’s Praise Song for the Day, written for Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. The poem honors history, resilience, and unity, urging us to appreciate our ...

Few people have had careers that have championed diversity on as many fronts as Elizabeth Alexander ... poems at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration—Alexander has used a social justice ...

On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp ... “ — Elizabeth Alexander, “Praise Song For the Day,” 2009 Barack Obama Inauguration “There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.

Elizabeth Alexander was in her hotel room in Washington ... in Washington on the night before Obama's inauguration. - Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images While Obama built his campaign on hope, his ...