MSNBC: … CHARLESTON, South Carolina – Singing the words to “Amazing Grace” in a deep and powerful baritone, President Obama delivered an impassioned eulogy to honor the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney and the tragedy of his fatal shooting – a historic moment from the nation’s first black president in addressing the “uncomfortable truths” about prejudice and racial bias still alive in America…
“As we all have to acknowledge, the flag has always represented more than ancestral pride,” Obama said. “For many, black and white, the flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation.”…
“To the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. Our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church,” Obama said. “The church is and always has been the center of African-American life. A place to call our own in a too often hostile world. A sanctuary from so many hardships.”… (more)
