Rev. Tom Skinner addresses Urbana 1970 in a talk that is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. Skinner provides historical and theological context for the civil rights movement of the previous decade in its various forms. His words are just as necessary for us today as we live through a new movement for civil rights. Urbana is a student missions conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
A transcript is also available at the same link.
"We need to talk about race. Why are people angry? Why so upset? Didn't we elect a black president? Pass civil rights laws? Isn't racism illegal now? Three years ago my brother Rob and I co-taught a class that discussed issues of racial injustice. That class turned into a popular podcast episode, which we've now turned into this video." --Phil Vischer
Why are people still angry? Let's take a look at race in America...
Pastor Scotty Scruggs participated in a roundtable discussion with three other local pastors: Pastor Anthony Ballard, Pastor Harvey Drake, and Dr. Scott Dudley. They discussed injustice, racism, lament and what our response as Christians should look like. As we look for ways we can be the bridge during this time, they encouraged us to start at home, work alongside others and grow in our relationships.
The John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation for Justice, Reconciliation & Community Development (JVMPF) is a non-profit organization that teaches and promotes the principles of Christian Community development and racial reconciliation. This Bible study was conducted with Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative on June 11, 2020.
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger unknowingly established the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history ― the day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth. See also the description of the book on this site.
Here is a story time and lesson on "Discrimination, Exclusion/Inclusion, Pets, and Kindness." This is written by educator Elizabeth Behrens from the www.BeTheBridge.com website, featuring the picture book Strictly No Elephants.
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
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