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July 2026

July 16, 2026

Woody Guthrie’s Deportee

The headlines remind me of Woody Guthrie's Deportee. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have shot...

February 2026

February 22, 2026

The Day I Met Jesse Jackson

I saw Jesse Jackson twice before the day I met him. On Dec. 29, 1984,...

October 2025

October 03, 2025

In a Violent World Remember Gandhi

In a violent world, filled with those who accept violence as the cost of living,...

September 2025

September 13, 2025

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham”

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham” Sept. 15, 1963 seemed like any other Birmingham Sunday morning...

September 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk Was a Racist Bigot

Let me make it plain: Charlie Kirk was a racist bigot. Too many people need...

March 2025

March 12, 2025

How do Christians respond to Donald Trump?

How do Christians respond to Donald Trump and his "Christian" supporters? Here are 6...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

Watch Night 2024

Watch Night. In the African American community, Watch Night services on New Year’s Eve commemorate...

November 2024

November 23, 2024

Notes From a Sermon: Christ the King Sunday

Notes From a Sermon: Christ the King Sunday Christ the King Sunday ( John 18:33-37)...

September 2024

September 15, 2024

Do Christians Need to be Reminded that Racism is Immoral?

Do Christians need to be reminded that racism is immoral? Evidently. In the first presidential...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

Sixty-Two Years Later: MLK’s “Dream” is Far From a Reality

Aug. 28, marks 62 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of...

August 18, 2024

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Jonathan Daniels

Aug. 20 marks the anniversary of the 1965 murder of Civil Rights Activist Jonathan Daniels....

August 12, 2024

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Heather Heyer

On Aug. 12, 2017, racists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Va., to joyfully...

June 2024

June 21, 2024

The Civil rights struggle continues, so others may be free

On June 21, 1964, in Neshoba County, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner...

June 14, 2024

5 Reasons Why Christians Should be Pro-Choice

Christians have a history of being pro-choice. Christians also have a history of supporting body...

April 2024

April 16, 2024

The “Doll Test” and the Damage of Segregation

The “Doll Test” of Drs. Mamie and Kenneth Clark uncovered the mental and emotional damage...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

MLK Jr. Was the Original Black Lives Matter Leader

From the day he was born until the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

July 2023

July 02, 2023

The Slow Suffocation of Civil Rights in the United States

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of...

September 2020

September 06, 2020

The Racist Next Door

You pull into your driveway to see that the neighbors you don’t know very well...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

A Lesson About Race

I learned an important lesson about race in the United States from an African-American classmate...

June 06, 2020

Police Officers are Trained to be Cowards

In response to protests against police brutality, police across the country cracked down brutally— tear-gassing...

January 2020

January 10, 2020

MLK Jr.

From the day he was born to the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

September 2019

September 15, 2019

Confronting racists

On Sept. 15, 1963, hate blew-up the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al. It...

April 2019

April 01, 2019

More Inspiration From Martin Luther King, Jr.

Excerpts from King's "I Have a Dream" Speech, at the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 28, 1963....

April 01, 2019

Inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspiration and wisdom from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jim Meisner, Jr. is...

January 2019

January 17, 2019

A Racist Past isn’t Past

"The past is never dead," wrote William Faulkner, in Requiem for a Nun. "It's not...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Conservative Evangelicals Hurt People

The Conservative Evangelical Christian understanding of God hurts people. Throughout history, Christians have tortured, murdered,...

October 13, 2018

“Democracy Dies in the Dark” — Trump’s Suppression of Dissent

“Democracy dies in the dark.” ~ Judge Damon J. Keith On Aug. 28, 1963, more...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Can Rape be a Question of Semantics?

Guys get lucky and girls get raped. Can sexual assault really revolve around semantics and perspective? Shockingly,...

September 14, 2018

A Blood Red Line of Racism Flows Through the United States

On Sept. 15, 1963, hate blew-up the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al. The...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

Facing the Unimaginable

No one in the lynch mob that murdered Walter Johnson was ever convicted. Government officials...