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The Creation of a ‘Beloved Community’
In Raymond Arsenault’s biography of John Lewis, he recounts Lewis’s mentors and their shared vision of “the Beloved Community.” ...
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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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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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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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Black Bible Reading Endures
African Americans have held tight to their Bibles over the years. Amid cultural shifts in beliefs and reading habits, their demographic consistently outranks ...
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Racial Bias Evident in NFL Lawsuit Settlement
The National Football League has been embroiled in lawsuits for nearly a decade from former players alleging that the league knew that its sport resulted ...
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Purdue University Honors Sisters Who Persevered
Purdue University recently announced the renaming of two of its residence halls after two extraordinary alumni, Freida and Winifred Parker. In 1946, they ...
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Black Homeowner’s Appraisal Doubles After White Friend Poses as Owner
For most homeowners in a hot housing market, the value of their property tends to rise dramatically. But not for Carlette Duffy. Her home seemed not to ...
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