Melissa Evans watched Obama's speech with the patrons at M&M Soul Food in Carson. Here's what she reports:
They erupted in applause when Barack Obama finished taking his oath of office. Many of them said they took the day off work, awoke early and came to be with others to watch the historic event.
Barbara Stephenson, who arrived at the restaurant before it opened at 8 a.m., with her niece, Noranece Clemons.
"It's really happening," she said as Obama spoke the words of his oath. "I can't believe it's really happening. God is real."
The small restaurant on Albertoni Avenue was filled to capacity, most of the people African Americans with stories to tell about the nation's history of slavery and segregation.
"Glory to God," said Freddi McElwee, whose 91-year-old mother wasn't allowed to vote as a young woman in her hometown in Arkansas. "Glory to God."
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