lynching
An introduction to Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Michelle Duster situates her influential great-grandmother in the history of Black life in America.
Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond
What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?
Working through collective sin
Susan Neiman considers how Americans might learn from Germany.
by Chris Hammer
Take & read: American religious history
New books that are shaping conversations about American religious history
Selected by Douglas H. Brown Clark
James Cone and the liberating spirit of blackness
In his final memoir, Cone’s testimony resounds.
Lynched but not forgotten
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice represents a watershed moment in the idea and practice of what a public memorial can be.
by Pete Candler
Talking about racism on a college bus trip
The tension was palpable. Then a white student stood up and said something I've never forgotten.
Black liberation theologian James Cone wins 2018 Grawemeyer Award in religion
The award honors his book The Cross and the Lynching Tree, which shows how white supremacy has affected dominant views in the church.
Reckoning with racism
Why does the church participate in modern-day lynching, or at most turn a blind eye, rather than protesting as our faith would dictate?
Selah
I jog over some of the most beautiful and haunted geography. There is a place in Chattanooga where stunning nature collides with a series of heart-wrenching narratives.