The Soundtrack of America: How Music Shaped a Nation
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Barack Obama chronicles how American music—spirituals, protest songs, country, hip-hop—has chronicled and guided the nation’s history, from slavery to civil rights to the modern era, and shares how listening to Jay-Z and Eminem helped him focus before debates; he argues music can reveal truths politics often cannot and notes the Obama Presidential Center will include a recording studio to empower future voices in democracy.
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