A Nov. 22, 2010 photo shows the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Pinckney, a Ridgeland Democrat and pastor at Mother Emanuel AME Church, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in the mass shooting at the church. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP) The Associated Press
Watch Barack Obama’s eulogy for Reverend Pinckney
Obama: ’God has visited grace upon us’
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine Americans shot dead inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, an historic black church in Charleton, South Carolina. The other victims were Cynthia Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Sharonda Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; the Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; and DePayne Doctor.
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