Lechtreck Elaine Allen
Lechtreck Elaine Allen - Southern White Ministers And The Civil Rights Movement - Paperback
Lechtreck Elaine Allen - Southern White Ministers And The Civil Rights Movement - Paperback
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Description: In 1963, the Sunday after four black girls were killed by a bomb in a Birmingham church George William Floyd a Church of Christ minister preached a sermon based on the Golden Rule. He pronounced that Jesus Christ was asking Christians to view the bombing from the perspective of their black neighbors and asserted " We don't realize it yet but because Martin Luther King Jr. is preaching nonviolence which is Jesus's way someday Martin Luther King Jr. will be seen as the best friend the white man in the South has ever had." During the sermon members of the congregation yelled " You devil you!" and immediately Floyd was dismissed. Although not every anti - segregation white minister was as outspoken as Pastor Floyd many signed petitions organized interracial groups or preached gently from a gospel of love and justice. Those who spoke and acted outright on behalf of the civil rights movement were harassed beaten and even jailed. Based on interviews and personal memoirs Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement traces the efforts of these clergymen who - - deeply moved by the struggle of African Americans - - looked for ways to reconcile the history of discrimination and slavery with Christian principles and to help their black neighbors. While many understand the role political leaders on national stages played in challenging the status quo of the South this book reveals the significant contribution of these ministers in breaking down segregation through preaching a message of love.
Title: Southern White Ministers And The Civil Rights Movement
Author(s): Lechtreck Elaine Allen
Publisher: University Press Of Mississippi
Barcode: 9781496817532
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 5/29/2018
Category: Social Discrimination & Inequality
Description: In 1963, the Sunday after four black girls were killed by a bomb in a Birmingham church George William Floyd a Church of Christ minister preached a sermon based on the Golden Rule. He pronounced that Jesus Christ was asking Christians to view the bombing from the perspective of their black neighbors and asserted " We don't realize it yet but because Martin Luther King Jr. is preaching nonviolence which is Jesus's way someday Martin Luther King Jr. will be seen as the best friend the white man in the South has ever had." During the sermon members of the congregation yelled " You devil you!" and immediately Floyd was dismissed. Although not every anti - segregation white minister was as outspoken as Pastor Floyd many signed petitions organized interracial groups or preached gently from a gospel of love and justice. Those who spoke and acted outright on behalf of the civil rights movement were harassed beaten and even jailed. Based on interviews and personal memoirs Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement traces the efforts of these clergymen who - - deeply moved by the struggle of African Americans - - looked for ways to reconcile the history of discrimination and slavery with Christian principles and to help their black neighbors. While many understand the role political leaders on national stages played in challenging the status quo of the South this book reveals the significant contribution of these ministers in breaking down segregation through preaching a message of love.
Title: Southern White Ministers And The Civil Rights Movement
Author(s): Lechtreck Elaine Allen
Publisher: University Press Of Mississippi
Barcode: 9781496817532
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 5/29/2018
Category: Social Discrimination & Inequality
