For Black America, the Derek Chauvin verdict hits on a spiritual level
Opinion: George Floyd is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on in a firm and damning guilty verdict that means so much to a community terrorized by violence. A large painting depicting the face of George Floyd stands at a memorial site outside Cup Foods on June 3, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
There is something soul-stirring about the Black church. When you grow up as I did, and many of us did in Black spaces of worship, there is no place, no singing, no rhythm, no comfort, no experience quite like the booming voice of the Black Pastor, the Black choir singing, and the church lady’s big hats swaying as they fan themselves and nod their heads.
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By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer February 19, 2021 9:10 am
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On June 1, 2020, Hanz Jouissance holds up a fist at the conclusion of a prayer vigil at the First AME church in Seattle, following protests over the weekend over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) $cvals
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On July 11, 2016, Paul Bronson prays during a Black Lives Matter vigil at First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, in Macon, Ga. According to a Pew study released on Tuesday, Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most of them attend churches that are predominantly Black yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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