by Kam Pugh
The History On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation by freeing all those still enslaved. Granger rolled into Galveston with his troops two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered in Virginia...
by Courtney Reissig
There are a lot of voices coming at us these days. Our digital age allows us to speak our mind quickly, and often without thought beyond our initial impulse to tweet, write, or speak. As one who is often quick to speak and slow to listen, I have dealt with my fair...
by Austin Suter
On this day in 1967, the Supreme Court struck down a Virginia law against interracial marriage in a case known as Loving v. Virginia. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the center of the case. They were from Virginia but married in DC, where interracial marriage was...
by Austin Suter
Persuading people is tricky. We all have convictions that we believe would benefit others if they agreed with us. To make that happen, we persuade. But persuasion doesn’t usually happen in one conversation, so this is a post to remind us to keep the long view in mind...
by Danya Karina Albright
It’s hard to talk about racial injustice, isn’t it? Undoubtedly there are many factors contributing to this difficulty, ranging from personal experience to political affiliation to one’s understanding and interpretation of history. One powerful factor is the...
by Rechab Gray
Editor’s note—part of what makes conversations about race so difficult is that we seem to talk past each other. This series explores ways important words are used and provides biblical categories for the ideas behind them. Our goal is not to police language but to...
