Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Obama celebrates gospel songs as 'the songs of hope'

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, about gospel's role in American music before latest in the "In Performance at the White House" concert series. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) — Kicking off a foot-stomping, hand-clapping celebration of gospel music, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that this particular genre of music had helped to shape America, beginning with the slave era and continuing on through the civil rights movement and beyond.








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