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NewsNote: Black Children Are an Endangered Species?

Catherine Davis is a woman with a message, and that message is getting harder to ignore. "Black children are an endangered species." The Director of...Read this essay →
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Racial Politics in the Church

In light of Sonia Sotomayor's judicial hearings, the issue of affirmative action has featured prominently in the news. How does the Church deal with issues...Read this essay →
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Taking The Measure Of The Man

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America Has Chosen a President

The election of Sen. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States came as a bang, not a whimper.  The tremors had been...Read this essay →
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The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

When a sniper's bullet took the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968, America lost its foremost leader in the...Read this essay →
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A Recovery Plan for Black America — And a Courageous Message for All Americans

Bill Cosby worked his way into American hearts through his great talent as a comedian and actor, but there has always been more to Bill...Read this essay →
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Is Transracial Adoption Nothing More Than ‘Abduction’?

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Does Racial Diversity Matter?

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision today to declare two school integration plans unconstitutional has once again placed the question of racial diversity in America at...Read this essay →
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The Moral Responsibility of Civilization

The very existence of civilization -- an achievement under the best of circumstances -- is undermined by moral collapse. A haunting reminder of this now...Read this essay →
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“Marriage is for White People”—The Decline of Marriage among African Americans

“Marriage is for white people.” That’s what Joy Jones was told when she was teaching a career exploration class for sixth-graders at an elementary school…Read this essay →
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The Content of Our Character–King’s Dream and Ours

“I have a dream,” declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed a crowd of several hundred thousand gathered on the Mall around the…Read this essay →
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Rosa Parks and the Burden of History

In his massive work, A History of the American People, British historian Paul Johnson observed that American history raises some of the most fundamental questions...Read this essay →
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The Content of Our Character–King’s Dream and Ours

“I have a dream,” declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed a crowd of several hundred thousand gathered on the Mall around the…Read this essay →
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Brown v. Board of Education at 50–Where Do We Stand?

Though the nation’s attention was riveted to the first day of same-sex marriage in the state of Massachusetts, May 17, 2004 must not be forgotten…Read this essay →
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The Content of Our Character–Forty Years After “The Speech”

“I have a dream,” declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed a crowd of several hundred thousand gathered on the Mall around the…Read this essay →