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Jun. 26, 2008
An open letter to Dr. Chafe
by Robert P. Foxworth
Dear Dr. Chafe:
Having read Civilities and Civil Rights, I came to your recent Greensboro presentation with great anticipation that you would apply the same power of analysis that you gave to Greensboro's history from 1940-1970 to subsequent events in Greensboro's more recent history. I was disappointed. Not only did you not speak with that power, your talk displayed a lack of knowledge, justifiable only because the program listed your subject as the period covered by your...
Apr. 11, 2008
King Plus 40 Years: A Proposal for 12 months of Study on the Use of Power in Greensboro with a focus on the Progressive Mystique
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
King-Plus 40 years: a critique of the use of power (the progressive mystique) and the struggle for beloved community in Greensboro. I have come to the point of believing that the capacity to confuse people, promote conflict, and hide the real working of power in Greensboro is a most urgent question. Chafe hit the nail on the head when he identified a kind of deceptive “civilities” that promotes a “progressive mystique” which conceals a very reactionary use of...
Apr. 4, 2008
40 years later, we remember Dr. King
by the Beloved Community Center
Forty years ago, on April 4th, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee as he stood with sanitation workers fighting against dehumanizing and unjust conditions.
We join with brothers and sisters across the world who mourn the loss of this great leader and celebrate his life and dream. We particular remember his naming, on April 4, 1967, of the giant triplets of evil, "racism, extreme materialism, and militarism," and join with him in calling for...
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 ...
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....