Monica child of God 1
strives to live eschatologically
I think it makes sense for Harriet Tubman to be at the top. she was one of the first freedom fighters for enslaved Blacks. she is sort of a prototype for the rest.
I'm not saying that if I were a member of a Black church I would support installing such a window, but I do "get" it. The Black church was the center of the struggle for Blacks from the time of slavery to the modern civil rights movement of the 1960's. Religious meetings and churches were the only places where my ancestors could meet and speak with any freedom. While most slaves and poor free Blacks were kept illiterate by their "owners" or society, the pastors in our community were often able to read the scriptures and receive some rudimentary education. They were naturally the leaders of the community. For many modern Black Americans, their faith and the ongoing struggle of our people are forever joined. Hence, a civil rights window in a Methodist (probably A.M.E., African Methodist Episcopal) church.
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I'm not saying that if I were a member of a Black church I would support installing such a window, but I do "get" it. The Black church was the center of the struggle for Blacks from the time of slavery to the modern civil rights movement of the 1960's. Religious meetings and churches were the only places where my ancestors could meet and speak with any freedom. While most slaves and poor free Blacks were kept illiterate by their "owners" or society, the pastors in our community were often able to read the scriptures and receive some rudimentary education. They were naturally the leaders of the community. For many modern Black Americans, their faith and the ongoing struggle of our people are forever joined. Hence, a civil rights window in a Methodist (probably A.M.E., African Methodist Episcopal) church.
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