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Feb. 26, 2008
Statement regarding the destruction of 50 boxes of information by the GPD
by Revs. Cardes Brown, Gregory Headen, and Nelson Johnson
In September of 2007, the Rev. Nelson Johnson was contacted by an active duty Greensboro police officer who told Rev. Johnson that he had information that would be of interest to him. Rev. Johnson asked Mr. Randy Johnston to accompany him to a meeting with the active duty officer (hereafter referred to as “the Source”).
The Source shared that shortly after a request was received from Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Greensboro TRC), Sergeant Craig McMinn of...
Feb. 20, 2008
HKonJ 2008
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
Today is a great day! I know that many of you are long distance runners. You are the veterans of many years of creative struggle and unearned suffering. But today as we span the generations, young and old mingling together, I know that no matter how long you have been on the battle field, you can join with me in saying “I ain’t no ways tired yet.”
Discuss HKonJ on the BCC's Discussion Board.
...Feb. 19, 2008
A Tribute to James Orange
by the Beloved Community Center
The Rev. Dr. James Orange, a grassroots leader in the movement for civil rights, economic justice, and beloved community, died at the age of 65 in Atlanta last Saturday. Dr. Orange worked along side Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in SCLC and was instrumental in the march from Selma to Montgomery, which culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act later in 1965. Orange also was significantly involved in the labor movement, as well as organizing a yearly march to remember Dr. King....
Feb. 12, 2008
My First Week at the BCC
by Wesley Morris
The Beloved Community Center is a place where community service is neither a tagline, nor an airy sentiment. Service at the BCC is an ingrained ethic, strengthened everyday by collective effort and training.
I have just completed my undergraduate History program at North Carolina A&T State University. Towards the end of my undergraduate career I had become, “weary of theory” as I joked with a friend of mine. Theory, it seems, is only valid if substantiated with...
Feb. 8, 2008
A Bit of History
by Jean Rodenbough
He walked into the Emergency Department under his own steam, refusing a stretcher despite the stab wound in his back. A proud man, he had seen trouble during his 58 years but he persisted. I don’t know what the current struggle was about, enough to reward him with a knifing, but as Adjunct Chaplain for the evening I didn’t ask. All I needed to know was that he was here and I was here and there was a story to tell.
Born near the center of town, as a boy he played down by the...