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Obama’s Unsung Army of Backstage Volunteers at the Inaugural Balls

Inaugural Balls

Lauren Ashburn on the unsung backstage volunteers, most of them black, who keep the inaugural ball festivities humming.

Lauren Ashburn
Lauren Ashburn
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Lauren Ashburn

Lauren Ashburn

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