Emmett Till Memorialized in Monument That Includes Chicago Church
‘At a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we're making it clear — crystal, crystal clear,’ said President Joe Biden.
No, Paige Patterson Isn’t Being Lynched
Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor responds to Paige Patterson claiming during a sermon that a “lynch mob” was out to get him. Kaylor notes that not only is Patterson inaccurately using the metaphor, but Patterson’s words are an injustice to real victims.
This Good Friday, I’ll be at the Hanging Tree
This Good Friday I am going to visit the hanging tree just outside the old county jail in Statesville, N.C., where I now live and minister. The last man hanged on that tree was a Black man arrested, tried, convicted and hanged in less than
Kansas Interfaith Vigil Highlights Lynchings
On Friday, Kansas Interfaith Action conducted a virtual vigil to draw back the curtain on lynchings and other forms of racial terrorism in the state as an effort to amplify underreported history of Kansas and address current issues of racism.
Soil Collection Ceremony Remembers Springfield, Mo., Lynching Victims
Community and religious leaders in Springfield, Missouri, gathered downtown Saturday (Sept. 19) for a soil collection ceremony to honor three innocent Black men lynched there in 1906.
The Long Shadow of Racism — & Protest — in the Midwest
Numerous studies have shown that the Midwest has some of the most egregious disparities between Black & White People. Read full piece
The Bible as Shield & Weapon
We are not going to be able to just come together over racial justice, have Kumbaya moments, and really expect for anything to get done. If we really want to rid ourselves from the sin of racism — that hurts non-white people and white people