A Prayer of Healing for Broken People

Thank you to Minister Thomas Bowen who afforded me the opportunity to put my race-less faith to work this morning as Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith led a service of remembrance and healing for four little girls, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair, who died almost […]

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Letters of the Editor

In a letter to the editor of The New York Times, John L. Hodge, a retired lawyer and former professor of philosophy, asks the hard questions of race and provides a remedy that doesn’t require an apology or reparations, protests or demonstrations, an appeal to the Supreme Court or a change in the laws of […]

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The Transformative Power of Love

“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’  It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they […]

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#IMarchFor

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the […]

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The Encyclopedia of Race & Racism

Edited by John Hartwell Moore and published in 2008 by The Gale Group, this resource is a remarkable find and worth the investment.  It is intended to be a “one- stop reference” for both high school and college students interested in learning more about race and racism and covers a wide range of the social […]

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