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High for president obama today in charleston where he was scheduled to deliver the eulogy at the funeral for reverend and state senator clementa pinckney one of nine people murdered last week in the massacre at emanuel ame church. amid the ensuing debate about race in america, the legacy of the confederacy and its symbols and with the nation turning to its first black president to help make sense of it all, president obama walked into the auditorium clapping along to a gospel song being sung and he did not disappoint. he began with a moving tribute to reverend pinckney a prominent figure in south carolina who the obamas knew personally, before making his first comments on the confederate battle flag. for too long, we were blind to the pain that the confederate flag stirred in too many of our citizens. as we all have to acknowledge, the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride. for many black and white, that flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial sub ....

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