by James Melson | Apr 19, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Sixty years ago this week, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his Letter from the Birmingham City Jail. (Click here for the full letter) This week and next, our reflections lift up portions of that letter. Dr. King spent a week in jail after being arrested for...
by James Melson | Apr 12, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Sixty years ago this month, Dr. King was arrested during the campaign in Birmingham, AL. During his time in jail, he wrote what has become a classic of American and Church history – The Letter From the Birmingham Jail. (Click here for a link to the text of the...
by James Melson | Apr 6, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Fifty five years ago this week on April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN. The night before his death, he gave his final speech at Mason Temple in support of the sanitation workers strike. The speech is best known for its conclusion in...
by James Melson | Mar 29, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
As we come to the end of Women’s History Month and our focus on women leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, we lift up the witness of Fannie Lou Hamer. Unlike the previous posts this month that featured women associated with colleges or universities, Fannie Lou Hamer...
by James Melson | Mar 22, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Continuing our focus on Women’s History Month, we lift up the witness of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. As a young woman, Joan Trumpauer participated in many of the campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. The first photo posted above is her mug shot for participating in...
by James Melson | Mar 14, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
The Weekly Reflections this month honor women leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. Diane Nash was a native of Chicago who experienced the Jim Crow system of racial segregation when she attended Fisk University in Nashville, TN. She became a regular participant in...
