America made its history as the first Black person, Barack Obama, was sworn in as the 44th president of the country. In front of record-breaking crowds, the young senator became the commander-in-chief of the United States,

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.

With Trump experiencing his second inauguration, we decided to look back at the inauguration of the only Black person in America to become U.S. president.

President Donald Trump signed nearly three dozen executive orders during his first week in office. One order he signed on Tuesday repealed a variety of federal diversity requirements, including a 1965 executive order that forbade discrimination in hiring practices by government contractors, issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration. Here's a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations.

But it was Johnson, elevated to the presidency by the ... Bush who allowed a religious exemption, and Barack Obama who amended it to include sexual orientation. But it had been allowed to stand ...

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Morry Gash / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MORRY GASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government policies going back six decades that banned discrimination and required affirmative action by federal contractors.

Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United States Marine ... Singers Susan Graham and Denyce Graves also performed. Barack Obama, 2009: The United States Navy Band Sea Chanters sang the national anthem.

This is the third time a president has been sworn in on the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Senator Cruz said that Michelle Obama would be an "incredibly formidable" candidate for the White house as polls show both parties struggling to open a lead.

The history of the executive order shows how far the U.S. has strayed from its own Constitution, which dictates that the president should not make unilateral policy