Second inauguration of Richard Nixon Second inauguration of Richard Nixon The second inauguration of Richard Nixon as President of the United States was held on January 20, 1973 at the eastern portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second term of Richard Nixon as President and the second term of Spiro Agnew as Vice President. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the Oath of office to the President and the oath of office to the Vice President. Agnew resigned from office days into this term, and was succeeded by Gerald Ford (in accordance with Section 2
School integration in the United States desegregation was becoming more inflamed by the day. In March 1970, President Richard M. Nixon decided to take action. He declared Brown to be <nowiki>"right in both constitutional and human terms" and expressed his intention to enforce the law. He also put in place a process to carry out the court'</nowiki>s mandate. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and I (George Schultz, then secretary of labor) were asked to lead a cabinet committee to manage the transition to desegregated schools. The implementation of school integration policies did not just affect black and white students; in recent years, scholars have noted how