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2025
Weekly Reflection: Christian Nationalism vs. Discipleship
Eighty years ago this week on April 9, 1945 the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Weekly Reflection: The Purpose of Prophets
It seems that every day there are new stories about chaos and trauma in our nation and around the...
Weekly Reflection: First They Came For…
A very disturbing video and news story came to light this week because of footage captured by a...
Weekly Reflection: DEI Danger and Determination
The ongoing weaponization of DEI continues to pose dangers to our ability to learn the history of...
Weekly Reflection: The Courageous Teachers of Selma
This month marks the 60th anniversary of some of the famous and momentous events in the Selma...
Weekly Reflection: “Get In The Way”
This week on March 7 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and tragic events of the...
Weekly Reflection: The End of Black History Month
"The End of Black History Month" takes on two very different meanings this year. On the one hand...
Weekly Reflection: Listen to the Elders While We Can
Sixty five years ago this month, four freshmen at North Carolina A&T sat-in at the Woolworth's...
Weekly Reflection: “Sing Together!”
This Weekly Reflection is written by Cornelius Corps Board member The Rev. Steve Reedy. The video...
Weekly Reflection: Resistance to Whitewashing History
February is Black History Month. It started in February 1926, 99 years ago this month, when Dr....
Weekly Reflection: Distorting the Dream
It happened again. Dr. King's most famous speech, commonly known as "I Have a Dream," was co-opted...
Weekly Reflection: Clarity in Days of Dissonance
These have been days of dissonance highlighted by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and the...
2024
Weekly Reflection: History that Hurts and Heals
As we enter the month of March, it is easy for most people to relegate Black history to the back...
Weekly Reflection: A Challenge From the Founder of Black History Month
Today is Leap Day, and February has 29 days as it does every four years. So Black History Month is...
Weekly Reflection: Look for the Local History
For the Weekly Reflections during African American History Month, we continue our focus on people...
Weekly Reflection: Meeting the Man Known as “Little Gandhi”
The Weekly Reflections during this Black History Month continue to focus on people who made major...
Weekly Reflection: The Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56 that lasted for 381 days is one of the most famous campaigns...
Weekly Reflection: Dying to Vote – Remembering Herbert Lee and Louis Allen
During this Black History month, the Weekly Reflections will focus on several people who made...
Weekly Reflection: Beware of Jim Crow 2.0
Now that we are a few weeks into the new year, reports about the Presidential election cycle...
Weekly Reflection: A Prayer for Looking Back and Moving Forward
The first week of a new year is traditionally a time for both looking back and looking forward. We...
2023
Weekly Reflection: The Racism of Assumed Criminality 1963 and Today
August 28 will be the 60th anniversary of the landmark March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom...
Weekly Reflection: Resisting the Start of the School Year
This is the time of year when children are preparing for the new school year. Parents, children,...
Weekly Reflection: “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” – The Spark and the System
Nine years ago this week on August 9, 2014, an unarmed Black teenager named Michael Brown was shot...
Weekly Reflection: “Let the World See” – Then and Now
Last week on July 25, a new national monument was created. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley...
Weekly Reflection: The Lost Cause 2.0?
Usually state standards for teaching American history are not the subject of national news...
Weekly Reflection: Remembering “Red Summer”
When the subject turns to summer, recent news reports have focused on the ways that climate change...
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