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Barack Obama: “But times like that are precisely when the power of song is most potent.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2010
But times like that are precisely when the power of song is most potent.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor'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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