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Slain in his sanctuary with eight wonderful members of his flock. to the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. the church is and always has been the center of african-american life. we do not know whether the killer of reverend pinckney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions that trace back to our nation's original sin. oh, but god works in mysterious ways.

Summer of 2015. >> june 25th, 26th. >> bingo. the supreme court held up the affordable care act, held up same-sex marriage. >> that rose garden when he came out was looking at all of the staffers. >> good morning. when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> it was moving and it was a testament to sort of where the country -- how far the country has traveled over such a short amount of time. >> i remember that day later on in the afternoon and i looked over at the television in the upper press office and he was giving his remarks at the funeral. >> in charleston. >> in cha...

Testament to sort of where the country -- how far the country has traveled over such a short period of time. >> i remember that day, later on in the afternoon, and looked over at the television in the upper press office and he was giving his remarks at the funeral. >> in charleston. >> in charleston. >> to the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. >> and the lead-up to the funeral was that the president wasn't sure that he could meet the moment. that that tragedy required. he actually wanted to go and just atten...

Affordable care act and same-sex marriage. >> reporter: that rose garden when he came out was looking at all of the staffers. >> good morning. when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> it was moving and it was a testament to sort of where the country, how far the country has traveled over such a short amount of time. >> i remember that day later on in the afternoon, and i looked over at the television and the upper press office and he was giving his remarks at the funeral in charleston. >> to the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts tha...

Our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. the church is and always has been the center of african-american life a place to call our own in a too often hostile world, a sanctuary from so many hardships. over the course of centuries, black churches served as hush harbors where slaves could worship in safety. praise houses where their free descendants could gather and shout hallelujah. regs stops along the underground railroad bunkers for the foot