Category: The Black Church

A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young

A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young [Andrew Young] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The stirring spiritual memoirs of Andrew Young--civil rights activist, minister, and statesman--show how God's hand led him through some of the most significant experiences of 20th-century America. Filled with eyewitness anecdotes

President Obama Delivers Eulogy at Charleston Shooting Funeral of Clementa Pinckney [FULL SPEECH]

Obama eulogizes pastor in Charleston shooting. Obama sings Amazing Grace at funeral of Charleston shooting victim Clementa Pinckney. Washington (CNN) ...

Charleston – A history of attacks on black churches in the South

In the wake of the heinous murders of nine members of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church this week, many have pointed to historic congregation’s central role in the city’s African-American community. As Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor and state legislator who was killed in the shooting, told a group of visitors in 2013, “It’s

Mother Emanuel AME Church – Charleston South Carolina – Steeped in History

The South Carolina church that was the site of Wednesday night's massacre is steeped in historic significance stretching from the time of slavery to the civil rights ...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) Martin Luther King Day, a holiday first observed in 1986 to honor the man who promoted peaceful protest to secure civil rights in the late 1950s and early ’60’s, is right around the corner. And although King is one of U.S. history’s most widely chronicled individuals,

The Edmund Pettus Bridge – Selma Alabama

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, AL.