by Bob Allen | Sep 9, 2005 | News
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean told a black Baptist group meeting in Miami that race was a factor in the death toll from Hurricane Katrina. Speaking Wednesday to the National Baptist Convention of America, Dean, who ran for president in 2004, said...
by Bob Allen | Sep 9, 2005 | News
The president of the largest African-American Baptist organization called on church members to hold national leaders accountable for “preventable consequences” of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. William J. Shaw, president of the National Baptist...
by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2005 | News
Already facing criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush suffered another public-relations setback when his mother on Monday suggested that people living in emergency shelters might be better off than they were before being displaced from New...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2005 | News
Baptists from around the world pledged prayer and financial support for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Baptist World Aid released $75,000 to offer immediate help to displaced persons, to be divided evenly among Baptist state conventions in Alabama, Louisiana and...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2005 | News
Murfreesboro, Tenn., is more than 500 miles from New Orleans, but it’s where about 50 of the city’s residents wound up after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. “I’m going to miss my home,” Eddie Hawkins, a citizen of New Orleans since...
