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John Perkins Shares His Greatest Regret
The Christian leader John Perkins has written movingly about the need for racial reconciliation even after his painful encounters with brutal racists. ...
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The Unlikely Family in a Canadian Bird Sanctuary
High up in a tree in British Columbia's Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, six birds are sharing a nest: specifically, two bald eagles, their three ...
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The First North American Missionary—a Freed Slave
The first missionary from North America was George Liele, a former slave who left the American colonies for Jamaica in 1782 and began a ministry of preaching ...
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Woman Prays Her Way Through Injustice
Bryan Stephenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of an organization that tries to help those unjustly convicted of crimes, was trying to free a man ...
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Scene from Film 'Lincoln' on Lincoln's Courageous Leadership
In a powerful scene during the film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis, the bloody Civil War has tested the nation's endurance, but the tide is finally ...
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Black Actor Achieves Breakthrough Role on 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood'
A 2016 episode on NPR's "StoryCorps" interviewed Francois Clemmons, who played the role of friendly Officer Clemmons on Mr. Rogers' ...
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Author Ta-Neishi Coates Wonders about the Church
In his New York Times bestseller Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a book length letter to his adolescent son, Samori. It's a brutally ...
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Philadelphia Apologizes to Jackie Robinson … 69 Years Later
In 1947, when Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in pro baseball, stepped to the plate against Philadelphia Phillies they heaped abuse ...
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Apartheid Was Based on Bad Theology
The system of apartheid in South Africa, a sophisticated but oppressive structure of racism that reigned for decades, was based in large part on theological ...
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A White Woman Learns to Cry 'Black Tears'
Brenda Salter McNeil tells the story of a diverse group of Christians who traveled across the United States visiting some of the places known for their ...
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