Codirector and coproducer of the 2019 documentary film bam Chicago Black Arts Movement and he is completing an edited reader about chicago and black arts. He is author of black people are my business toni k bombards practices of liberation and editor of conversations with toni cade bambara. His interest extend to sports and Popular Culture and those interest are reflected in the book ballers of the new school race and sports in america. So everyone, please welcome brother to bd lewis. Thank you so much for that wonderful introduction. This years theme is the beautiful struggle. Struggle black writers lighting the way and i think using this theme as well as our the theme for our panel, our participants will engage in a will take on the theme of how black writers have in their understanding of continuous struggle for justice and the need to address aspiration issues and challenges that affect the black community have been a voice of strength and provided the bomb for our souls. So our pa
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We thank you this morning for being with us here at Petersburg National battlefield on the 150th anniversary of battle of the crater. My name is chris price. For those of you who were with us this morning at 5 30 we thank you again and welcome you here to the park. I was remarking a few minutes ago, much like it was for the soldiers 150 years ago who were in the oberlin campaign that started in 1864, it has been a long road to petersburg. We started this 150th event for three parks on may 3, at spotsylvania courthouse. We have moved south ever since. It has been quite a feat. It is the first time three parks within a process of these commemorations have shared programming where we have tried to make a continual program of the oberlin campaign rather than look at it as the wilderness, spotsylvania, that this was one continual process for the soldiers 150 years ago. For some of you in the audience we have senior faces before. We know you have been on th
Welcome to gospel truth with andrew wommack. A Teaching Ministry that focuses on gods unconditional love and grace. And now, heres andrew. Welcome to our fridays broadcast of the gospel truth. Today i am continuing my series through the book of romans and we are now in romans, chapter 7 and today im beginning with verse 14. I actually covered through verse 14, but ill start there and go through the rest of the chapter. Let me just say that ive been teaching through the book of romans and this is so powerful. This is completely opposite what most people are being taught by the religious church today. Im talking about the religious christian church. Most new testament christians have not discovered their liberty in christ. They are still living under the Old Testament law and trying to mix law and grace together, and it just doesnt work. You know, im not going to cover this verse. I. Im going to quit right after the first few verses in romans, chapter 10, but let me just flip over and re
If it was fiercely then urgent, it certainly is now. 50 years ago there were only five africanamerican members of the house of representatives. There was no congressional black cauc caucus. Today there are 43 members. We want more but there are 43. Theyre led by congresswoman marsha fudge who you heard from and they are the conscience of the congress. In that blauk caucus we have the privilege of serving with john lewis, some of us for over 25 years in the congress, and arent we proud of that. I also want to mention that 50 years ago, though he was not a member of congress at the time that john conyers was one of three people invited to the white house to meet with president john f. Kennedy following the civil rights march, the march for jobs, justice and freedom, who is with us. 50 years ago we had the first catholic president in the white house. Today we have the first africanamerican president and the first africanamerican first family leading our country so beautifully from the whi
And, on the other hand, there is the president of the United States. Who, just one month ago, today, said, americans just be calm about the growing pandemic. We are prepared and we are doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away. But everybody has to be vigilant and has to be careful. But be calm. Its really working out and a lot of good things are going to happen. Just stay calm. Fast forward to today. More than three weeks in social distancing to stop the spread and trump is now doing this performance where he weighs when to relax those guidelines. Even though his own Health Experts acknowledge the virus hasnt peaked in many areas. And theres that small matter of the constitution and a little thing called federalism, which lets state officials make this call. But, no, no, no, trump says its his decision. Somebody said its totally up to the president. I saw this morning. Its totally up and it is. I will say this. I want to get it open as soon as we