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Obama: The Power of a Precedent Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 7:51am | Type: Blog: I live in a small but proud neighborhood in Saint Paul, called Rondo. I live in a small but proud neighborhood in Saint Paul, called Rondo. In the early 1960s, it was a vibrant, t ...
Seeing the Election Beyond Black and White Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 7:51am | Type: Blog: Watching Barack Obama's victory speech and reflecting upon the significance of his election as the next president of the United States left me profoundly moved.</p> Wat ...
My Struggle with New Monasticism Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 7:51am | Type: Blog: [<a title="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/new-monastics-and-race" href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/new-monastics-and-race">Read all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.</a ...
A 'Postmodern Negro' Perspective on Not Voting Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 2:17pm | Type: Blog: I'm voting in this election, not with naivete but with sincere enthusiasm. I'm voting in this election, not with naivete but with sincere enthusiasm. Not with any messia ...
New Old-Time Country Music Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:32pm | Type: Magazine Article: Danny Duncan Collum The Carolina Chocolate Drops keep an America tradition alive. The wave of young people pla ...
Black Church Leaders Meet on AIDS Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:32pm | Type: Magazine Article: Rose Marie Berger Alexis Vaughan More than 150 leading African-American clergy, schola ...
Flooding Jena with Justice Originally Posted: 03/03/2011 - 4:36pm | Type: Magazine Article: Alexis Vaughan Thousands of protesters marched through Jena, Louisiana, on Sept. Thousands of protesters march ...
New and Noteworthy Originally Posted: 03/03/2011 - 4:36pm | Type: Magazine Article: Molly Marsh Race Matters True to Our Native Land, edited by Brian Blount, describes itself as the first African-American commentary on the ...
Agents of Change Originally Posted: 03/03/2011 - 4:38pm | Type: Magazine Article: Danny Duncan Collum Members and associates of Holy Family Catholic Church in Natchez, the first African-American parish in Mississippi, pl ...
Singing to Freedom Originally Posted: 04/06/2011 - 7:29am | Type: Magazine Article: Vincent Harding Bernice Johnson Reagon Rachel E. Harding ...
Saving Grace Originally Posted: 08/28/2011 - 7:23pm | Type: Magazine Article: Helena R. Henderson It's hard to imagine a noteworthy book about the civil rights movement that doesn't include the powerful ing ...
40 Acres and a Mortgage Originally Posted: 05/20/2011 - 10:55am | Type: Magazine Article: Franklin D. Raines Recently a newspaper in Washington, D.C., carried a four-part series titled "Black Money." It said that life ...
City Songs Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 8:53pm | Type: Magazine Article: Larry Bellinger Cornel West is nothing if not prolific. Cornel West is nothing if not prolific. Professor of A ...
Joyful Noise Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 8:53pm | Type: Magazine Article: Larry Bellinger On Spirit of the Century, the Blind Boys bring their strong and gritty harmonies to traditional gospel tunes as well as ro ...
Beyond Voter Registration Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 8:53pm | Type: Magazine Article: Rose Marie Berger Susannah Hunter A recent survey of political involvement by black chu ...
How I Changed My Mind Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 8:54pm | Type: Magazine Article: Bob McLalan A conservative Republican makes the case for reparations for African Americans. I recently heard a ...
Unless the Lord Builds the House Originally Posted: 07/27/2011 - 10:28am | Type: Magazine Article: Rose Marie Berger Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church's new building demonstrates how architecture can incarnate the history, stre ...
Poets Turned Prophets Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:27pm | Type: Magazine Article: Elizabeth Newberry Affrilachian Poets claim the space between two worlds. Three poets stride across the stage ...
Epidemic Faith Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:29pm | Type: Magazine Article: Marion Brown Lori Hunter The African-American church and AIDS. ...
A Nation Within a Nation Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:43pm | Type: Magazine Article: Eugene F. Rivers III The unique experience of black America. Eugene F. Rivers 3d, a Sojourners contribut ...
Challenge from Within Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:44pm | Type: Magazine Article: Eugene F. Rivers III A call to address the black church leadership crisis. EACH DAY, 1,118 BLACK TEEN-AGERS a ...