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Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement
The Movement
When people in America talk about “The Movement,” they usually mean the Civil Rights Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. This movement changed America for the better by breaking the terrible hold that 200+ years of blatant, legalized racism … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian movement, Christianity, church, Civil Rights Movement, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., religion
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Freedom Riders And Church Diversity
I watched a two-hour documentary on PBS about the Freedom Riders, a group of young people (mostly college students) both black and white (committed to non-violence), who rode public busses together into the Deep South (in 1961) to challenge state segregation laws that … Continue reading
Posted in abolitionists, Bible, biography, black history, Civil Rights, Creator, freedom, God, history, house church, human rights, lifestyles, Nashville, organic church, prejudice, Quotations, Quotes, racism, religion, self-help, social justice, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, What is church?
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How A White Guy Experienced Jim Crow As A Black Guy
Black Like Me is the story of how John Howard Griffin, a white man, colored his skin black and traveled around the segregated, Jim Crow South in the late 1950s. The cover reads: “What was it like, really like to be … Continue reading
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America’s Forgotten Freedom Fighters
The new PBS series, The Abolitionists, features five forgotten American freedom fighters — William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown (more about Brown in the 3rd paragraph from the end of this article). How … Continue reading
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A White Man Who Trained Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here is a little known fact of American history. Monteagle, Tennessee could be called the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. Before the Civil Rights Movement began, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Rosa Parks and many other future leaders … Continue reading
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Who’s My #1 Greatest American? William Lloyd Garrison
The PBS serises, The Abolitionists, is about 5 American anti-slavery activists: Angelina Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The series includes two of my Top 10 Greatest Americans Who is my greatest American of … Continue reading
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US Congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, My 4th Greatest American
Tommy Lee Jones plays Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Lincoln. However, many Americans have no idea who Thaddeus Stevens was. Thaddeus Stevens was born in 1792 in Vermont to a poor family and was abandoned by his father … Continue reading
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My #9 Greatest American — William Monroe Trotter
“There can be no freedom without equality.” –William Monroe Trotter Standing almost alone during the Jim Crow days of forced segregation, open racism, and public lynchings of the early 20th Century, William Monroe Trotter boldly spoke out for equal rights. … Continue reading
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