Harvard professor and columnist Imani Perry explores the song "Amazing Grace," the presence and power of grace, the possibility of redemption and the necessity of forgiveness and empathy in the American past and present.
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Tom Huizenga is a producer for NPR Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to NPR's news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on NPR Music podcasts and founded NPR's classical music blog Deceptive Cadence in 2010.