St. Louis pastor, assistant professor fear Capitol unrest will widen racial divide in US What happened on Capitol Hill, what we saw was that systemic racism at its finest, said Dr. Candice Idlebird, from Harris-Stowe State University. Author: Robert Townsend Updated: 10:37 PM CST January 7, 2021
ST. LOUIS Last summer, thousands of people in St. Louis and across the country took to the streets for months.
Moms, dads, students and clergy members, of all races, spoke out against police brutality, discrimination and systemic race.
They hoped making their voices heard marked the beginning of much-needed change.
But now: What happened on Capitol Hill, what we saw was systemic racism at its finest and that it s still alive and well, said Dr. Candice Idlebird, the Director of the Social Justice Institute and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harris-Stowe State University.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic congregation in the heart of Atlanta, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, sits at the intersection of national politics and the culture war
His opponent, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, has run attack ads using snippets of sermons Warnock preached from Ebenezer’s pulpit to accuse him of being a far left, radical socialist who doesn’t support police officers or military service members.
For King’s former church, the intense spotlight isn’t new. Its 6,000 members are accustomed to standing-room only Sunday services, due in large part to the out-of-town visitors who flocked to the church. Still, Loeffler’s criticisms have renewed attention on a pillar of Black life in Atlanta and a tradition of political activism it represents.
“The Republican attack is not just against Warnock, it’s against the Black church and the Black religious experience,” said the Rev. Timothy McDonald III, pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta who served as assistant pastor of Ebenezer from 1978 to 1984.
His opponent, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, has run attack ads using snippets of sermons Warnock preached from Ebenezer’s pulpit to accuse him of being a far left, radical socialist who doesn’t support police officers or military service members.
For King’s former church, the intense spotlight isn’t new. Its 6,000 members are accustomed to standing-room only Sunday services, due in large part to the out-of-town visitors who flocked to the church. Still, Loeffler’s criticisms have renewed attention on a pillar of Black life in Atlanta and a tradition of political activism it represents.
“The Republican attack is not just against Warnock, it’s against the Black church and the Black religious experience,” said the Rev. Timothy McDonald III, pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta who served as assistant pastor of Ebenezer from 1978 to 1984.