Obama sings praises of civil rights music

Barack Obama joins musicians on stage at end of White House bash celebrating music of civil rights eraBarack Obama last night hosted a celebration of the music of the civil rights era, describing it as "a movement with a soundtrack".The president acknowledged at the start of the evening the debt he owed to those who had risked their lives during the turbulent dismantling of segregation in the 1950s and 1960s, a movement intertwined with music."It was music that was not only inspired by the movem...

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