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Mar. 31, 2008
Evoking King, Jesse Jackson presses on
by the News and Record
Nearly 40 years have passed since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. The memory remains fresh for the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
"It never gets far from my mind," Jackson said of the assassination, which he witnessed.
Friday will be the 40th anniversary of King's death.
Jackson, an A&T alumnus, spoke Sunday to a congregation that packed the pews at New Light Baptist Church. Jackson was in town for the weekend inauguration of Bennett ...
Mar. 28, 2008
Pulpit Forum letter to Rep. Mel Watt on behalf of Indian Workers
by Revs. Cardes Brown, Gregory Headen, and Nelson Johnson
The Honorable Melvin T. Watt
U. S. House of Representatives
2236 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Watt:
Representatives of the Pulpit Forum, an organization of more than 100 churches and pastors in Greensboro, NC, are writing you and copying other members of the Congressional Black Caucus on what we consider to be an urgent moral and human rights issue.
On Wednesday, March 26, we received and provided food, shelter and...
Mar. 27, 2008
Sincere Communication: Indian workers on pilgrimage from Gulf Coast to DC
by the Beloved Community Center
At 2 AM in the morning, New Light Baptist Church Trustee R. C. Shoffner and Rev. Nelson Johnson of the Beloved Community Center greeted 68 exhausted workers fleeing what they called modern day slavery in Pasgalousa, Mississippi. Greensboro was a symbolic stop for these workers travelling from New Orleans to Washington D.C., a stop on an “underground railroad” of sorts as they make their winding way through the South with hopes of justice.
Leaving their homes in various...
Mar. 14, 2008
Profiles in Transformation: Vincent D. Sims
by Erica Mayo
EM: What has changed in your life in the past year?
Vincent: I have been a chronic substance abuser and I was homeless for numerous years. For the past five yrs I visited the Beloved Community Center Hospitality House which provided food, clothing, showers and encouragement. I was fortunate enough to be asked to commit myself to Preventing Chronic Illnesses Preventing Homelessness in Greensboro and High Point. I was asked to attend by the Chief Executive of Urban Ministries of...
Mar. 6, 2008
Different Stories But One Common Thread
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On Sunday February 24, about 50 gathered at Faith Community Church to hear the stories of communities from the past - Sugartown, Persimmon Grove, Bass Chapel, Collin Grove and Raleigh Crossroads. Mildred Brown, John Hughes, Frank Miller, Theresa Meachum, James Raleigh and Mary Sapp all had different stories of communities that are lost, nearly extinct or being gentrified through urban re-development and suburban sprawl. At the end of the gathering many similarities held the pre-civil rights...