Curtis Washington, 5, and stepbrother Julian Myers, 11, wait to have their hair cut at the N Spot barbershop on Crenshaw Boulevard in L.A.'s Crenshaw district on election night.

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"He's not to the left as much as I am, but I support him 1,000%," said Mary Kimbrough, reflected in the window of her business, Zambezi Bazaar.

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A T-shirt of First Lady Michelle Obama is for sale on election day in the Crenshaw district.

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Thalia Clarke, 76, shows her support for President Obama with her earrings at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping center.

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James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Bookstore in Leimert Park Village, holds a poster showing President Obama and other noteworthy blacks in American history.

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Shoppers stand next to a poster of a smiling woman at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping center.

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Nakia Burks, 37, left, cuts Julian Myers' hair at the N Spot barbershop in the Crenshaw district on election night.

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An American flag hangs in front of Hillcrest Drive Elementary School in Baldwin Hills, where black voters defended the accomplishments of President Obama during his first term.

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A bus waits at a light under an election-themed billboard on Crenshaw Boulevard in Leimert Park.

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From left, Yolanda Hamilton, Sylvia DeSilva, Tanya Grace, Lynn Gibson and Teri McLurkin celebrate early returns in favor of President Obama at the Crenshaw Live Bar & Grill.

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Regina Castillo gives husband Marcelo a kiss in celebration of President Obama's victory at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar on election night in the Crenshaw district.

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