From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler My father was a proud Black man but he was broken by Jim Crow. I remember standing in the Billups gas station with him one hot afternoon. He went into the station to buy a package of Camel cigarettes. That was the brand …
The stance of silence was not simply about fear but about survival Read More »
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler Mississippi is a place of terror if you are Black, Terror reigns in every corner of the state. There are countless stories of Blacks who have been brutalized and killed for no reason other than the color of their skin. In 1940, Willie …
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From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler As a Black person and as one who embraces the Christian faith, I have thought about the racial dynamics in this country a great deal. I continue to think about them because I am impacted by them every day. I am pained by …
We are tired of an oppression that is not our doing Read More »
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler After every Racial Awareness Sunday, I would go back to my community on the far northwest side of Milwaukee. And the white members would return to their lives, where they would rarely come in contact with a person of color. In their everyday …
