Watch: Professor Leah Wright Rigueur looks back on Obama inauguration

Ahead of his inauguration Wednesday, Joe Biden's inauguration committee released a series of videos featuring historians discussing presidential inaugurations. In the video below, watch Harry Truman Associate Professor of History Leah Wright Rigueur explain the historic inauguration of Barack Obama.

"It sends a signal to the world that the United States is capable of progress, and is capable of doing the unimaginable."

Listen as @LeahRigueur takes us through the historic nature of @BarackObama's inauguration. pic.twitter.com/M2MThi3kow

— Biden Inaugural Committee (@BidenInaugural) January 19, 2021