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September 2016

September 18, 2016

“Have I Lost My Mind?”: On Hearing the Call to Go

by Andre E. Johnson When I first read Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow,...

September 11, 2016

Will “Respectability” Be Heard In Court?

The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that Dr. Marcia Bowden and her husband, Ira Marche...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

With Body, Voice and Signs: Reflections of the Memphis March

On Sunday July 10, 2016, in response to the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

#BlackLivesMatter and the Theology of a Social Movement-Part 1

I recently started a bible study series at our church titled "Black Lives Matter and...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

“There They Come; They Will Kill Me for Sure!”: The Victims of the Massacre

This post is part of the Memories of a Massacre Project: Memphis in 1866. This...

May 04, 2016

Can I Carry A Gun on Campus and Live?

Effective July 1, 2016, as long as they notify law enforcement officials on campus "full-time...

May 03, 2016

When They Still Don’t Care: The Death of #TamirRice

According to the New York Times, the family of Tamir Rice will receive $6 million from the city...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

When Black People Were Not “Ladies” or “Men”

At the church I serve (Gifts of Life Ministries), every fourth Sunday during our Power...

April 14, 2016

Burned Alive: The Lynch Murder, Mutilation and Mayhem of Ell Persons

On Tuesday, April 12 the American Inns of Court in Memphis, Tennessee invited me and...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

#SandyStillSpeaks: Remembering #SandraBland

Back in February (2016), I had the opportunity to visit Prairie View A & M...

March 12, 2016

An Open Letter to Donald Trump Supporters: Seek Forgiveness and Healing

As I watched in horror the events that happened in St. Louis and Chicago at...

March 10, 2016

What Do You Do When Your Pastor Supports #DonaldTrump?

On Saturday, March 5, 2016, at a Donald Trump Rally in Orlando, Pastor Paula White...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

#BlackTruthMatters: A Conversation on Race

“How do you get past race if you don’t even want to admit that something...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

#MLKDay: The New Wine of #BlackLivesMatter

On January 17, 2016, drawing from John 2:1-11, my King Day sermon focused on King's...

January 07, 2016

Understanding the Rhetoric(s) of Race

The Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric invited R3 editor Andre E. Johnson to guest edit a...

January 05, 2016

Engaged Scholarship: God, the Movement, and the Spirituality of Ferguson

On November 20, 2015, the Spiritual Communication Division of the National Communication Association selected me...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

#TamirRice: A Prayer of Lament

This morning as I was doing my devotion I ran across Psalm 10. As I...

December 15, 2015

#MemphisMassacre1866: #DanielHoltzclaw: Doing It Like Its 1866

On Thursday, December 10, a jury found former Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of multiple counts...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Why I Am Boycotting Christmas

In what would become his last public speech, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, in Memphis, Tennessee, told...

November 24, 2015

“We Young, We Strong, We Do it All Night Long”: #HipHop and the #Ferguson Resistance

Below is a paper I presented for the "Exploring Hip Hop Beyond its Beats and...

November 12, 2015

What’s Our Excuse Now?

There is a story circulating in social media that Jonathan Butler, the graduate student who...

November 03, 2015

“Those Who Have Ears, Let Them Hear”: #BlackLivesMatter and the Gospel

In 1968, theologian James Cone wrote what was then and still is a much contested...

October 2015

October 09, 2015

Getting to Write and Getting it Right: A Re-Write on #DarriusStewart

Recently, I wondered aloud and asked, "Do We Even Care" about the death of Darrius...

October 04, 2015

#DarriusStewart: Do We Even Care?

It has been nearly three months since the death of Darrius Stewart here in Memphis,...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Anyone Feeling Closure After the Death of #KellyGissendaner?

In light of the State of Georgia killing Kelly Gissendaner "in our name," I am...

September 16, 2015

Being Black and Dealing with the Trauma of #PoliceBrutality

I recently wrote a post that detailed the arrest and humiliation of Dr. Marcia Bowden...

September 11, 2015

Dear Black People: “Our Respectability Will Not Save Us!” When Police and Respectability Collide

The Tri-State Defender in Memphis is reporting a story of well-known Memphis physician Dr. Marcia...

August 2015

August 03, 2015

Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition Statement

R3 has been following the events surrounding the death of Darrius Stewart; a 19 year...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Where Are the Good Cops When We Need Them?

University of Cincinnati Police officer Ray Tensing shot and killed an unarmed black man...

July 29, 2015

Progressive Christianity and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of...

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