Sermon Illustrations about Black History Month
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Untold Success: Black Men in America
It would surprise many Americans, regardless of their race, to know that 2.5 million American Black men are in the financial upper class, according to ...
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Oldest Man in Space Realizes Dream Deferred
“What happens to a dream deferred?” That opening line from Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes has resonated with generations of African ...
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Chinese Family Honors Black Benefactors
In 1939, Lloyd Dong and his family were having difficulty finding a place to live. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1884 and the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 ...
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How Christianity Transformed Slavery
In his book Forgive, Tim Keller tells the story of a friend of his who was a PhD student at Yale. Keller’s friend once told him that modern people ...
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How President Lincoln Grew to Hate Slavery
Abraham Lincoln biographer Jon Meacham notes, “There was no evident political gain to be had for Lincoln [to be anti-slavery]; quite the opposite. ...
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Writing Black Missionaries Back into the Story
When George Liele set sail for Jamaica in 1782, he didn’t know he was about to become America’s first overseas missionary. And when Rebecca ...
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Befriending the Person Who Beat Him Up
The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pastor in Birmingham, Ala., in the 1950s, was called by the historian Andrew Manis “one of the least known but most ...
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Black Officer Resigns After Being Profiled
When Bernard Robins saw the three officers eyeing him from their department cruiser, it was a familiar look. He’d been stopped by police multiple ...
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How Condoleezza Rice Found Her True Calling
Condoleezza Rice, the former diplomat and Secretary of State, was a sophomore in college majoring in piano performance, working toward a professional ...
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The Story Behind ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord’
Thomas A. Dorsey’s song “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” is one of the most beloved gospel songs of all time. The song’s power comes ...
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