Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama

Date: January 20, 2009

Location: Washington, DC

Barack Obama was inauguratedas the 44th president of the United States. He became the first African-American US president.

Travel Ban

Date: February 17, 2017

Location: San Francisco International Airport

In Donald Trump’s first month in the US presidential office, he created an executive order to ban travel to 7 countries that have predominantly Muslim populations. A 12-year old Yemini girl was not allowed to fly with her family to the US from Yemen after Trump’s executive order went into effect. After a week, a federal court paused enforcement and the 12-year old child was able to fly to California and meet her family while the travel ban was being halted.

Justice for Trayvon Martin

Date: July 14, 2013

Location: Oakland, CA

Trayvon Martin was an unarmed African-American 17-year old, that was fatally shot by George Zimmerman. A jury acquited him of second-degree murder and manslaughter in 2013. Several protests and rallies in the US were held after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin and the jury acquittal of George Zimermann.

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