The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music.
Barack Obama: “The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music.”
On the recordFebruary 8, 2010
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presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Remarks at PBS's 'A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement: In Performance at the White House'
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