by Brian Kaylor | Nov 6, 2008 | News
In light of Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, many people are considering what his election might mean for race relations in America. Reflections from several African-American Baptist ministers suggest that although they see...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 7, 2008 | News
EthicsDaily.com’s new video on Baptists and racism will be screened at an international film festival on Sunday, October 19, at 12:00 p.m., at the Avon Williams Campus of Tennessee State University in downtown Nashville. “Beneath the Skin: Baptists and...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 19, 2008 | Opinion
Laura Cadena, a fifth-generation Tejana, recalls a story about when her grandmother moved from Laredo to Dallas, Texas: “She remembers getting on a bus and the sign saying ‘Whites Only’ or ‘Blacks Only,’ and she didn’t know where...
by Nick Foster | Sep 16, 2008 | Opinion
As we drove into the cemetery, I could see through the windshield of my brother’s car the flagpole at the entrance, and the flag itself–flying at half-mast.”What a nice thing to do for Mom,” I thought. But at the same moment I realized that...
by Bob Allen | Sep 16, 2008 | News
Aidsand Wright-Riggins expected some sort of emotional response years ago as a religious-studies major in college when he illustrated a presentation on race and religion by tearing up an Ebony magazine portrayal of Jesus as an African-American. His audience sat...