Beyond symbolism: The Gospel of Christ

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Jesus’ resurrection is not an example of God attempting to excite the emotions of His

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Ancestral worship is not just entertainment

Our strong adherence, as a nation, to rituals and their display at national events and holidays, such as the Chinese display at the Independence gala; the Heroes Day commemoration with ancestral rites: Kumina, Revivalist, and Pocomanian music and dance; the bicentennial commemoration and the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the

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Source: Black Past

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Biography of Controversial Rap Group Public Enemy

By tackling racism head on in songs such as “Burn Hollywood Burn,” “911 Is a Joke” and “By the Time I Get to Arizona,” rap outfit Public Enemy emerged during the late 1980s as one of the most politically charged music groups in history. This Public Enemy

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Source: ThoughtCo

Thousands bid farewell to former Burundi president at state funeral

Thousands of Burundians clad in white gathered on Friday in the capital Gitega to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this

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(1839) Daniel A. Payne, “Slavery Brutalizes Man”

? Daniel A. Payne was born on February 24, 1811, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of free blacks. Educated at a Charleston school established by free blacks and by a private tutor, he mastered mathematics, Greek, Latin, and French. In 1826 Payne joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and t

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Source: Black Past

Malawi's opposition chief now president: Lazarus Chakwera [Profile]

Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

(1963) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”

My Dear Fellow

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Source: Black Past

COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result – Free Press of Jacksonville

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On that Friday, March 27th, things took a drastic turn for the worse, as it relates to my

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

(1832) Maria W. Stewart, “Why Sit Ye Here and Die?”

Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) was one of the first American women to leave copies of her speeches. The address below is her second public lecture. It was given on September 21, 1832 in Franklin Hall in Boston, the meeting site of the new England Anti-Slavery Society. Although as an abolitionist, she

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A Biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. was in Miami when he had a meeting with film producer Abby Mann, who was contemplating a movie biography about King. Mann asked the 37-year-old minister how the movie should end. King replied, It ends with me getting

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Source: ThoughtCo

'That's Not Nice Mommy': Fans Crack Up After Joseline Hernandez's 3-Year-Old Daughter Scolds Her on Camera

It’s safe to say Bonnie Bella gets her feisty personality from her mother Joseline

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Rt. Rev Deon Kevin Johnson Ordained Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, 1st Openly Black Gay Man to Hold Post

Rev. Deon Kevin Johnson has become the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, making him the first openly gay Black man to hold the post in the diocese’s 179-year

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

My Faith & the Census Remind Us That “You Matter”

In addition to my ministry, one of the meaningful ways I accomplish this is by serving as a census campaign partner with LA Voice, an interfaith grassroots organization uniting over 55 congregations and over 40,000 community members to encourage our brothers and sisters to be counted on the 2020

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree (ca. 1791-1883)

Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, became arguably the most well-known 19th Century African American woman. Born around 1791, Isabella (her birth name) was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of Colonel Ardinburgh

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Source: Black Past

Why does God allow evil and disease?

We need to remember, however, that God is not the cause of evil in this world and we should therefore not blame Him for

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Source: North Dallas Gazette

Thomas Blanton, KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, dies

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four Black girls and was the deadliest single attack of the civil rights movement, died Friday in prison, officials

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Overview of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was born of racial discrimination following the American Revolution when African Americans struggled to establish their own houses of worship. Today the African Methodist Episcopal Church has congregations on four continents. The church was organized in

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Source: ThoughtCo

Can’t we all just get along? –

The only thing that can stop black on black carnage is spiritual teaching and training grounded in family, Christian understanding and church teaching in the way of the

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Source: Florida Courier

BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)

In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes , in full James Mercer Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York), American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged

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Black theology

Black theology, or Black liberation theology, refers to a theological perspective which originated among African American seminarians and scholars, and in some black churches in the United States and later in other parts of the world. It contextualizes Christianity in an attempt to help those of

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Lee, Jarena (1783–185?)

Lee moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a teenager and continued to work as a domestic servant. One afternoon, Lee attended a worship service at Bethel Church where Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church, was scheduled to preach. After hearing the powerful sermon delivered by

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Source: Black Past

Gov. Walz announces more than half a million COVID-19 tests in MN

As State reaches milestone of 20,000 daily test capacity, Gov. Walz heralds partnership with Mayo Clinic and U of

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Marcelle Fenton, the force unmatched (Part I)

While children from other households would eagerly welcome toys as gifts, Fenton and her siblings were excited to be gifted with

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis

A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Teamwork & Partnership

Jesus, as Wayshower, sent his disciples out to do the work of ministry in teams of two (Mark

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

(1857) Frances Ellen Watkins, “Liberty For Slaves”

Frances Ellen Watkins was born of free parents in Baltimore in 1825. After teaching in New York and Pennsylvania Watkins became a full-time abolitionist speaker for the Maine Anti-Slavery Society. By the 1850s she was one of the most noted speakers on that subject as well as a highly acclaimed

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Source: Black Past

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Meet the Expectant Mother | Afro

AFRO: With the COVID-19 pandemic is this experience with pre-natal preparation any different than with your first

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

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