by Jack Flynn | Apr 19, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) As a white man surrendered to federal marshals Friday (April 15), workers were rebuilding the pulpit of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ he was convicted of burning down the night of President Obama’s election. Michael Jacques, 26,...
by Jack Flynn | Apr 18, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) Breaking a two-day deadlock, a federal jury convicted a white man, Michael F. Jacques, on all three charges Thursday (April 14) for a fire that destroyed a black church the night of President Obama’s election. The guilty verdicts rocked...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Apr 14, 2011 | Opinion
The U.S. Civil War began 150 years ago, on April 12, 1861, when the first mortar round was fired on Fort Sumter, S.C. By the end of the Civil War in 1865, more than 600,000 soldiers had died, and the United States experienced a defining point. The Civil War, however,...
by Robert Parham | Apr 5, 2011 | Opinion
Two fast approaching anniversaries place race in the middle of the public square and at the center of the sanctuary, offering a time for truth-telling by those of moral good will. One is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War on April 12, 1861. The...
by Matt DuVall | Mar 28, 2011 | Opinion
I was coming back into the church office when our secretary spoke up: “I want to show you something.” I followed her to the workroom and saw a cardboard box labeled “Amazon” on the side. I assumed a good book was inside. Then our secretary...
