"Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R. & B., rock and roll — the way that hardship and sorrow were transformed into something full of beauty and vitality and hope," he continued. "That’s why, when she sits down at a piano and sings ‘A Natural Woman,’ she can move me to tears — the same way that Ray Charles’s version of ‘America the Beautiful’ will always be in my view the most patriotic piece of music ever performed — because it captures the fullness of the American experience, the view from the bottom as well as the top, the good and the bad, and the possibility of synthesis, reconciliation, transcendence.”Let us slide into your DMs.Sign up for theTeen Voguedaily emailWant more fromTeen Vogue? Check this out: And no, the opposite of hate is not love, like so many are led to believe. The opposite of hate is something simpler that everyone has access to: human connection.Kohn is currently aCNN political commentator and columnistBefore that, she was aFox News contributorand she has written for publications likeThe Washington PostandNew York “Your lifelong legacy was a commitment to combat discrimination, intolerance, hostility, plus so much more and we are so thankful.”Twitter contentView on TwitterAva DuVernay In a major move, Donald Trump then fired FBI Director James Comey.May 9, 2017Trumpsent shock wavesthrough Washington — and, reportedly,his own White House