04 Jan 2017
Derek Welch
"I could never throw roses to Hitler." -Mormon Tabernacle Choir member quits. A key member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has announced her decision to quit after being told the choir would be performing...
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21 Oct 2016 Alison Lesley
Evangelical Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz says "ignorance" is the root of racism. Carl Lentz, the pastor of Hillsong Church in New York City, wrote on the Hillsong NYC's Facebook page, "At THIS...
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22 Sep 2016 Nathan Glover
The African-American community is self-segregating at a Los Angeles university, but is segregation still happening elsewhere? The Halisi Scholars program of California State University Los Angeles...
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Openly black atheist campaigns for U.S. Senate. A black atheist has stepped up to contest in the elections for the U.S. Senate from Oklahoma. While the competition runs really high, with Republicans...
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Presbyterian Church in America passed Overture to repent the Church's role in discrimination against minority cultures. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second largest Presbyterian...
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Archdiocese of Chicago pushes for beatification of first U.S. African-American priest. Augustus Tolton was born a slave. He was born in Missouri, in the year 1854, to Peter Paul Tolton and Martha...
Read more → 31 May 2016 C Barnett
Tutu's daughter forced out of South African clergy for same-sex marriage. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has long been one of the biggest figures in Christianity on the world stage, but now it’s his daughter...
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Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will be the new face on the $20 bill. The U.S. Treasury made a recent announcement stating that the legendary Harriet Tubman would be selected as the face of the $20 bill....
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Bernie Sanders gives stunning answer to CNN's question of his faith. Voters, a few days prior to the Democratic primary in South Carolina, asked a series of questions to Hillary Clinton and Bernie...
Read more → 16 Dec 2015 Derek Welch
The Conference of National Black Churches hopes to mitigate problems associated with racism. In June 2015, nine African-American people were shot dead while they were attending a Bible study at the historic...
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Profiles in Faith: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
