by Angela Grant | May 19, 2022 | News
History is the version of events that is written down after careful consideration, while memory is a collection of feelings and mental images which, though not recorded, might still be worthy of reflection. This raises a question: What is a statue that is based on an...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Oct 7, 2020 | Opinion
He sat alone on a dais in the Philadelphia Statehouse during a hot and steamy Philadelphia summer. For a man many considered royalty, his chair and desk were simple. And although he rarely spoke as he presided over an unprecedented experiment in modern democracy,...
by Michael Cheuk | Jul 30, 2020 | Opinion
Charlottesville, Virginia, was buzzing in 2017 with talk about the possibility of removing Confederate monuments in the city. At first, I was ambivalent. On the one hand, I had no interest in valorizing Confederate heroes like Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall”...
by Terrell Carter | Jul 28, 2020 | Opinion
Donald Trump’s continually divisive language – especially as it relates to defending the Confederate flag and Southern monuments that glorify the actions and legacies of military and political leaders that supported the South during and after the Civil War – is not...
by William Brackney | Jul 27, 2020 | Opinion
The Black Lives Matter movement has reminded me of some ghosts in the Baptist history closet that need addressing. Our denominational tradition has some reckoning or at least revisionism to deal with as we come to terms with present realities. As I have written in the...
