Ray Charles - Obama Presidency Oral History

...phone with him, he just said, “Think Ray Charles .” I thought, “Is this ...

...it was ridiculous. You had to be Ray Charles , because it was very visible what wa...

...were the acceptable Blacks—oh, throw Ray Charles in there. Get Ray Charles to sing “M...

...able to meet people like Spike Lee, and Ray Charles , and Bill Cosby, at the time—it wa...

...something with a Black actor who did Ray Charles . Oh, yeah. He played th...