Watch President Obama sing 'Amazing Grace' at the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney

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President Obama delivered a eulogy for the late Rev. Clementa Pinckney on Friday in Charleston, South Carolina. Pinckney, who also served South Carolina as a state senator, was killed along with eight others in a shooting at the Emanuel AME Church last week that is being investigated as a hate crime.

During Obama's stirring eulogy, he broke out his smooth baritone for a rendition of "Amazing Grace." He was quickly joined by the rest of the congregants:

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.