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President Obama quoted a line from this book in his final address as president, discussing the importance of understanding others' perspectives in a diverse nation.
In his final address as president, President Obama gave this speech in Chicago, it was supposed to be like the closing address of the administration. And in that speech, he talked about the line from...
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Episode: Educating America (with Anne Milgram & John King J...
President Obama quoted a line from this book in his final address as president, discussing the importance of understanding others' perspectives in a diverse nation.
In his final address as president, President Obama gave this speech in Chicago, it was supposed to be like the closing address of the administration. And in that speech, he talked about the line from To Kill a Mockingbird. If our democracy is to work the way it should in this increasingly diverse nation, then each one of us need to try to heed the advice of a great character in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said, you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin, and walk around in it.
