Name: The President Sang Amazing Grace
ISBN: 9781944903848

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Biographies & Memoirs/Community & Culture/Black & African American
Good for readers interested in civil rights
Good for fans of Picture Books

What You Get

Themes: Black, Biographies, African.
Reading lane: Community & Culture and People & Places.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams.

About This Book

This picture book about President Barack Obama singing with a grieving nation after the Charleston church shooting “represents an important moment in U.S. history” ( Kirkus Reviews ). When nine people were killed in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, the nation grieved as one, and when President Barack Obama sang “Amazing Grace” during his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, it was acknowledged as one of the most powerful moments of his presid...

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This picture book about President Barack Obama singing with a grieving nation after the Charleston church shooting “represents an important moment in U.S. history” ( Kirkus Reviews ). When nine people were killed in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, the nation grieved as one, and when President Barack Obama sang “Amazing Grace” during his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, it was acknowledged as one of the most powerful moments of his presidency. Singer/songwriter Zoe Mulford was so moved that she wrote the song “The President Sang Amazing Grace,” which was sung by Joan Baez and illustrated by filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher for a video that has been viewed countless times. This book presents the lyrics to the song, Scher’s paintings, excerpts from Obama’s eulogy, biographies of those who were killed, historical context, and sheet music.