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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...
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...
Apr. 17, 2009
1969 Dudley-A&T Revolt Revisited
by Joyce Johnson
In the early morning of May 23, 1969, while a 5:00 am until 8:00 pm curfew was in effect over 650 National Guard troops stormed the campus of A&T State University. More than 200 students were arrested and finger printed and another 300 were detained. The Campus was thick with the stench of tear gas. The doors were knocked down and rooms were ransacked in the old Scott Hall Dormitory. Armored personnel carriers roamed the campus. Two days earlier a 19...