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(14,691 posts) Sat Jul 11, 2015, 10:11 AM Jul 2015

The Atlantic: Obama's Graceful Pause in Charleston

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/obamas-graceful-pause-in-charleston/397223/

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Coverage of the memorial service held for Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston last week focused largely on the surprising moment when the leader of the free world broke into song. That song, of course, was “Amazing Grace” and the president sang it distinctly in the style of the black church.
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