Although millions voted to put her face on the bill in an online poll, many still don’t know the story of her life and the role faith played in it.
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Articles on Black History Month 2020
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In a sermon two weeks after MLK’s funeral, civil rights leader, Wyatt Tee Walker, urged young seminarians to be hopeful and take action for making change happen. His sermon has valuable lessons today.
Canada’s pioneering Black athletes may be unknown to many, but their efforts paved the way for others who went on to perform at the highest levels.
Spirituals were created out of the experience of enslaved people in the US. They weren’t songs of anger – but of an abiding belief in the victory of good over evil.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
Many historians and other scholars say what Americans have traditionally learned about the complex period that followed the Civil War falls short of what we should know.
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University
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Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
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Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
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PhD Candidate in Religion - Historical Studies, Baylor University
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Professor of Music, University of Dayton
