Poet Elizabeth Alexander offers 'praise song' for Barack Obama's inauguration day
NEW YORK (AP) — Following the world's most awaited oration — President Obama 's inaugural speech — poet Elizabeth Alexander echoed the new leader's tribute to daily labor, his call for responsibility and his reminder of the sacrifices that made his election possible.
"Say it plain: that many have died for this day," Alexander, 46, said Tuesday during her brief reading, in which she also spoke out to the worl...
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