by Robert Parham | Dec 13, 2002 | Opinion
Lott has had over 30 years in public life to establish a clear record of opposition to racism and for civil rights. He has demonstrated a pattern of playing the race card. Lott was referring to Thurmond’s 1948 presidential campaign, in which Thurmond defended...
by Ray Higgins | Sep 25, 2002 | Opinion
In early September 1957, a hostile crowd watched as Arkansas National Guard troops blocked the entrance of nine black students into the all-white Little Rock Central High School. Three weeks later, on Sept. 25, 1957, after negotiations between Arkansas Gov. Orval...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 13, 2002 | Opinion
Many have chronicled or memorialized the event and the four girls who lost their lives: 14-year-olds Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins, and 11-year-old Denise McNair. Birmingham News reporter Frank Sikora wrote a book. Spike Lee produced a...
by John Finley | Jul 24, 2002 | Opinion
For the average Southern Baptist living in the election year of 1968, the world seemed to be crumbling. The civil rights movement had resulted in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis that spring, and tensions were high. Kentucky state paper editor...
by SBC | Jul 23, 2002 | Opinion
We recognize that no individual or organization can speak for all Baptists. The following represents the concern, confession, commitment, and appeal by the majority of the messengers meeting in Houston, Texas, June 5, 1968. We Face a Crisis Our nation is enveloped in...
