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The President Sang Amazing Grace | Zoe Mulford

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Lyrical account of the day President Obama sang with a grieving nation following the 2015 shooting in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina When nine people were killed in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, the nation grieved as one, and when President Barack Obama sang "Amazing Grace" during his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, it was acknowledged as one of the most powerful moments of his presidency. Singer/songwriter Zoe Mulford was so moved that she wrote the song "The President Sang Amazing Grace," which was then illustrated by filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher for a video that has been viewed countless times. This book presents the lyrics to the song, Scher's paintings, excerpts from Obama's eulogy, biographies of those who were killed, historical context, and sheet music.

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The President Sang Amazing Grace | Zoe Mulford

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Intended for a younger audience, I believe the rhyming trivializes the significance of the event. I'm not comfortable reading about a church shooting in couplets. This was such a poignant event in our history. Nonfiction text would be more impactful: Obama taking the risk of singing instead of speaking and then choosing the most spiritual dirge in our cultural history, so much there and yet missed by the restrictive laws of iambic pentameter.

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