@cspanofficial: President Biden became emotional Monday evening while talking about a young Martin Luther King Jr. listening to Marian Anderson on the radio sing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” from the Lincoln Memorial. “Showing her pride in America and calling for national unity, her performance is described as a ‘concert that sparked the Civil Rights Movement,’” the president said at a ceremony honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and National Medal of the Humanities. “Nearly 25 years later, that 10-year-old boy stood on those same steps,” he said. “He asked Marian Anderson to perform once again, and she did. She sang, ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands.’ My fellow Americans, today we honor that legacy, and we remember the power in all your hands.” #potus #joebiden #mlk #mariananderson #cspan

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Tuesday 22 October 2024 16:40:30 GMT