Here is a video of President Obama’s moving eulogy at Reverend Clementa Pinckney’s funeral this afternoon. Here’s the transcript. I’ve also embedded some tweets sent during the service (Here’s a fascinating analysis of if by James Fallows):
I plan to highlight this next quotation in history class:
“History must not be a sword to justify injustice…but must be a manual for how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past” —@POTUS
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 26, 2015
“Guard against the subtle impulse to call Johnny back for a job interview, but not Jamal” —@POTUS in Charleston http://t.co/qcUl5NnYQs
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 26, 2015
“May God continue to shed His grace on the United States of America.” —@POTUS http://t.co/14Z3HnNi8v
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 26, 2015
The first black president singing Amazing Grace at the podium of a black church founded by a man who planned a slave revolt.
— Cirque du SoBae (@brownandbella) June 26, 2015
“History can’t be a sword to justify injustice or a shield against progress but must be a manual for how to avoid… the mistakes of the past”
— Libby Nelson (@libbyanelson) June 26, 2015
Obama talks up gun violence and the need to create better protections for citizens. http://t.co/WIT5KVDSU0 pic.twitter.com/NyKK9lS8Xa
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) June 26, 2015
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