President Barack Obama's Inauguration Anniversary

One year ago, Barack Hussein Obama came into office with soaring approval ratings as the nation’s first Black president. Today marks his one-year anniversary in the White House. Take a look at the President’s journey in pictures and essays through 2009.   Word on the Street: How Has President Obama Done So Far? Read Cynthia Gordy’s piece on “Breaking Down President Obama’s Leadership Style.”   Read about President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Award. Read ESSENCE’s collaboration with CNN to explore the status “Black Men In the Age of President Obama.” Click through Michelle Obama’s daily photo diary, the First Lady Diary. Click through our President’s year in pictures,”Obama Watch.”