by Vinoth Ramachandra | Mar 28, 2017 | Opinion
Helen Zille, the former leader of South Africa’s main opposition party and the current premier of the Western Cape, recently tweeted, “For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure,...
by Emmanuel McCall | Mar 9, 2017 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted the “Statement on the Crisis in the Nation” in June 1968. This action was championed by state and national denominational SBC leaders. It called on the churches and people of the SBC to repent of past racism...
by Colin Harris | Jan 16, 2017 | Opinion
The national holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. is an appropriate recognition of his contribution on many levels to our national life. It is a profound reminder that the long struggle to overcome the consequences of slavery – and the racism...
by Alan Cross | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in October 1967 that it is as revolutionary now as it was then. “I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life’s blueprint,” King told a group of junior high school students in Philadelphia....
by Jim Hill | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion
I had the privilege to grow up in a white family of Baptists in the 1950s and 1960s, which had a commitment to racial justice and civil rights. My parents and my grandparents understood that God loved every person and that their Christian faith demanded justice for...
