“It’s infuriating that yesterday, my father had to pull all my younger cousins into a room and tell them to be more careful. He had to explain that in some cases, their brown skin convicts them before an offense is even committed.” Black HistoryRacism In AmericaRacial ProfilingRacism And Culture Book:Echoes of the Struggle Source: Echoes of the Struggle
“Back then, Black churches were a small piece of peace. Church was a world where, even with its imperfections, the offer of equality and common humanity was the sustenance needed to make it through the rest of the week in a society that deemed them less than human.” HumanityCivil RightsBlack HistoryCivil Rights MovementBlack ChurchBlack Churches Book:Echoes of the Struggle Source: Echoes of the Struggle