Clementa C. Pinckney
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Clementa "Clem" Carlos Pinckney was an American politician and pastor who served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District from 2000 until his murder in 2015.
Reverend Clementa Pinckney
Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, South Carolina
Governor Nikki Haley signs legislation requiring South Carolina police officers to wear body cameras.
Barack Obama delivers the eulogy at the funeral of Reverend Clementa Pinckney 2015-06-26
Amazing Grace
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"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779 by the English clergyman John Newton. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that th
Clementa C. Pinckney
…mass shooting along with numerous other innocent victims at an evening Bible study at his church. President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy and sang "Amazing Grace" at Pinckney's funeral nine days later. Clementa Carlos Pinckney was born on July 30, 1973, in Beaufort, South Carolina. His mother, Theopia Stevenson…
Page 53 of Olney Hymns showing the first stanza of the hymn beginning with "Amazing Grace!"
John Newton in his later years
The vicarage in Olney, where Newton wrote the hymn that would become "Amazing Grace"
An 1847 publication of Southern Harmony, showing the title "New Britain" and shape note music.