President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen discuss how their friendship began. They share how race and racism in their hometowns defined their feelings of belonging and what it was like growing up as teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s. Bruce sings some of "My Hometown."

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Archival clips courtesy of CBSNews, NBC Universal, British Pathé, and Huntley Film Archives.

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