he didn t know he was being used by god. blinded by hatred, the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounding reverend pinckney and that bible study group. the light of love that shone as they opened the church doors and invited a stranger to join in their prayer circle. reverend pinckney once said, across the south, we have a deep appreciation of history. what is true in the south is true for america, he knew that
of tywanza sanders, who has already been shot, says to him, you don t have to do this. we mean you no harm. in response, roof says, i have to do this because you all are raping our women and taking over the world. and it wasn t coincidental that at the same time there was a black man occupying the white house. michelle and i know several members of emanuel ame church. we knew their pastor, reverend clementa pinckney, who, along with eight others, gathered in prayer and fellowship and was murdered last night. the fact that this took place in a black church obviously also raises questions about a dark part of our history. this is not the first time that
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Denmark Vesey was a freeman who organized a slave rebellion that was thwarted when news of it was leaked. He ultimately was hanged. A bicentennial celebration was held earlier in July for Vesey.