Obama, however, did go to Lowery's hometown of Atlanta to get Rev. Louie Giglio to do his benediction. Still, Giglio, who is white, did not save the first black president from criticism. The minister has instead drawn fire from the gay community and decided to decline the invite earlier today. This may be Obama's chance to fill the benediction with a black pick.

There is also no Elizabeth Alexander, the second black woman behind Maya Angelou to deliver the inaugural poem in 2008. Alexander has been replaced by Cuban American Richard Blanco, who is the first Latino and first openly gay.

With fewer blacks at his presidential inauguration, the program mirrors his recent slate of all white nominations of Jack Lew for Treasury, Chuck Hagel for Defense, John Kerry for State and John Brennan for CIA. Obama was said to be considering U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for Secretary of State but she withdrew amid her scripted Benghazi remarks.

Rep. Charlie Rangel recently said there is “no excuse” for the lack of diversity in Obama's recent choices and called the selections “embarrassing as hell.”

Meanwhile, Time magazine last month inadvertently gives the best look at how Obama approaches the issue of blacks in his campaign and on his White House staff while declaring him the "Person of the Year".

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There are and were no blacks in his key staff getting big paychecks, outside of Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.