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2023-04-19T08:00:17-05:00

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A Voice for Freedom: Remembering Frederick Douglass

Last updated on: April 19, 2023 at 8:00 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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I think of my great-grandfather when I think of Frederick Douglass. I’m told that my great-grandfather, born into slavery in 1862, never learned to read or write. But he insisted, when his youngest son married a woman who could read and write, that she would become the teacher for all of the children in the family, and he built a schoolhouse on his land to provide a school where none was provided. The words, “Until we’re educated, we’ll always be... Read more

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2023-02-17T07:51:38-06:00

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The “Father of Modern Gynecology,” the “Mothers of Gynecology,” and the Challenge of History

Last updated on: February 17, 2023 at 7:51 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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In 2017, I stumbled across an article about a statue of a physician named J. Marion Sims, who had lived and practiced medicine in Alabama and New York in the mid-19th century. Dr. Sims has been recognized as the “father of modern gynecology,” credited with having developed the speculum and other instruments now commonly used in the care of women. Sims was also credited with the pioneering the surgical repair of the vesicovaginal fistula, a condition in which a delivering... Read more

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2023-02-11T08:08:30-06:00

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A Page from Memphis History: The 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, and a Faith Story…

Last updated on: February 11, 2023 at 8:08 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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Thursday, February 1, 1968 was a cold, rainy day. Memphis sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker likely considered themselves fortunate that day, despite the cold rain: They were at least working, and getting paid. Memphis’ black sanitation workers could be sent home on rainy days – and if they weren’t working their regular garbage routes, they wouldn’t be paid for the day. But that day, the truck from which Cole and Walker were working was rolling through a... Read more

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2024-02-03T09:28:32-06:00

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It’s not just Black History…

Last updated on: February 3, 2024 at 9:28 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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People often ask me why I’m not a fan of Black History Month. My explanation is simple: It’s impossible to compress the history, contributions and accomplishments of people whose lives are inextricably linked with this soil on which we’ve lived for 400 years in 28 days. It is also impossible to tell the history of black persons in this country without telling the story of all of us – black and white. Our history, since slavery, is shared and intertwined.... Read more

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Education and Religion

2023-01-27T12:49:59-06:00

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“Am I my brother’s keeper?” The Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols and Prayers for Peaceful Justice

Last updated on: January 27, 2023 at 12:49 pm By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, ‘I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.’ 2Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 3In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5but for... Read more

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2024-01-14T23:32:00-06:00

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Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.|Dorothy Wellsls

Last updated on: January 14, 2024 at 11:32 pm By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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As we pause to celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we celebrate the many accomplishments and achievements in the life of an extraordinary leader. We celebrate – that, as a prodigious student, he had already, at age 17, written a letter to the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper – which was published – stating that Black persons were “entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens”; that he was graduated from... Read more

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2023-01-12T11:53:15-06:00

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What do two “prostitutes,” a “stripper,” an “adulteress” and a young unwed pregnant woman have to do with Jesus?

Last updated on: January 12, 2023 at 11:53 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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What do two “prostitutes,” a “stripper,” an “adulteress” and a young unwed pregnant woman have to do with Jesus? The inclusion of the five women in Matthew’s genealogy – especially four Gentile women – sets the stage for Matthew’s inclusive message, which culminates with the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19, in which the risen Jesus instructs the disciples to “make disciples of all nations.” The Gospel of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament, effectively serves as a... Read more

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Women in Religion

2023-01-04T09:40:51-06:00

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On healing, and stepping into the light of God’s love…

Last updated on: January 4, 2023 at 9:40 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

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Growing up in a Christian denomination in which the scriptural stories of women were never taught or preached, I had no understanding of the presence or importance of women in the sweep of Biblical history – save, of course, Mary, Mother of Jesus, who was celebrated and revered for being virginal, pure and submissive to the will of God, a model for all women. I was a young adult when I first encountered the story of the hemorrhaging woman, as... Read more

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2023-01-04T09:41:11-06:00

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A Christmas Truce in the Midst of War…

Last updated on: January 4, 2023 at 9:41 am By Dorothy Sanders Wells

It was the calm in the midst of the storm. That’s how historians describe the truce that took place in the early hours of Christmas Day, in 1914. Europe was five months into a war, the likes of which had never been seen. And although then-Pope Benedict XV had recommended that the warring nations call a cease-fire in this first World War in order to celebrate Christ’s birth, no such official act was to take place. But letters and other... Read more

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