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Jun. 25, 2009
Rev. Nelson Johnson speaks at Press Conference on Immigration Reform
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
I understand that President Obama and select members of Congress are getting together soon to discuss and map a direction forward for much needed immigration reform.
The Immigration question is a multi-dimensional issue. For me the starting point is as a moral issue. We must find a way to honor the humanity of our immigrant brothers and sister. Loving them and seeking to affirm their dignity and worth just as we love and seek to affirm our dignity and worth. Those of us...
Jun. 18, 2009
City Offers Official Statement of Regret regarding November 3, 1979
by the Beloved Community Center
On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the Greensboro City Council offered an official statement of regret regarding the events of November 3, 1979 (the 1979 Klan and Nazi killings). This was a significant step towards truth for Greensboro, NC. The Beloved Community Center and the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project (GTCRP) celebrate the city council’s statement and understand it to be an historic...
Jun. 2, 2009
Public Statement by Greensboro Police Officer A.J. Blake
by Officer A.J. Blake
Public Statement by Greensboro Police Officer A. J. Blake
June 2, 2009
Good afternoon. Thanks to all of you for coming. I am Greensboro Police Officer A. J. Blake.
I have asked the media and the public to come here today because I have been slandered and wrongly convicted. Many false and malicious reports about me have appeared in the press. I have not...
May. 22, 2009
Revisiting 1969 and the Interrelated Circles of Black Organizations
by Kathleen Jordan
In May of 1969, Greensboro Dudley High School students elected Claude Barnes as president of the high school’s student government association. The then, predominately white, school board prevented Barnes from taking office, sparking resistance among Dudley Students. Students rose to challenge and override the school board’s decision, soliciting help from the broader community and the governing student body at North Carolina A&T State University. After a...
Apr. 22, 2009
A Call to Conscience: Rev. Nelson Johnson speaks at Cliffside Climate Action Rally
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
A Call to Conscience by Nelson N. Johnson
Talking points from speech delivered during Cliffside Climate Action March and Rally in Charlotte, NC on April 20, 2009
Photo Credit: Eric Blevins, Melanie Smith
Beloved Brothers and Sisters:
I come to you today as a son of the Southern Civil Rights and black liberation movements. I join you today bringing the experiences, including the scars and wounds of...