Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
After a spate of education bans, Florida churches are taking Black history into their own hands
Churches in Florida are offering Black history lessons for their communities to counter the state’s efforts to restrict race-conscious lessons in schools.
Read MoreRacial Health Gaps Spurring Church-Led Fitness Classes
Churches across the country are working to improve the both the physical and mental health of their congregations by encouraging exercise through offered classes.
Read MoreNontombi Tutu Speaks
Nontombi Tutu is known to bring attention to how we can heal as individuals and as a society. She will be speaking from 3-5pm, Saturday September 23rd, at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee.
Read MoreNational Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
Historic cathedral in Washington D.C. removes stained glass windows depicting Confederate generals and replaces them with new windows with a theme of racial justice.
Read MoreOba Adefunmi, Spiritual Leader born on this date in 1928
Walter Eugene King was born in Detroit, Michigan. He became the first documented African American to be initiated into the Yoruba priesthood of Obatala. In 1970, along with several other devotees, Oba Adefunmi created the Oyotunji village in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Read MoreBlack Spirituals as Poetry and Resistance
Poetry created by by African-American’s documents the history of oppressions and death Black people for century have endured.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations
There is a widespread surge of interest among many U.S. religious groups in the area of reparations, particularly among long-established Protestant churches that were active in the era of slavery. Many are initiating or considering how to make amends through financial investments and long-term programs benefiting African Americans.
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
White Christians have used the Bible to support racial discrimination in all areas of life and the continuation of White supremacy.
Read MoreThe “Slave Bible” Removed Key Biblical Passages In Order to Legitimize Slavery & Discourage a Slave Rebellion (1807)
When the “slave bible” was introduced to the West Indies, it sanctioned and legitimized slavery as ordained by God. This version of the bible was one weapon used by the slave owners to put down slave rebellions.
Read MoreAn African American Justice System
By Ashley Woods, HuffingtonPost.com Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told a crowd of 18,000 in Detroit on Sunday that African-Americans should set up their own courts after being failed by the U.S.’ own justice system. “Our people can’t take much more. We have to have our own courts. You failed us,” Farrakhan said during the…
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