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A Christmas message from the heavens
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and began circling the moon – the first time in history for humans to visit another world. That evening the crew’s astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman transmitted a live television broadcast including spectacular…
Moved with Compassion: Mark 6:34
Strategic Plan on Anti-Racism Presentation – Year II. “When Jesus disembarked (from the boat) and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with compassion for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd…”
Overcoming Racism: Voting Rights and Political Power
After the Civil War ended in 1865, black activists worked diligently to secure voting rights for freed black slaves. During the decade known as Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877), Congress passed legislation granting Black Americans the rights of citizenship (Thirteenth Amendment ratified 1865); due process under the law (the Fourteenth Amendment ratified…