Tag: Civil Rights
Civil Rights Tour Oct. 17-22, 2021
![Civil Rights tour includes Edmund Pettus Bridge](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Edmund-Pettus-Bridge-Creative-Commons.jpg)
A Civil Rights Tour of the South is planned for Oct 17-22, 2021, led by two women from Kalamazoo Westwood United Methodist Church.
Civil Rights pioneer dies
![Civil rights pioneer Gilbert Caldwell speaking](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Caldwell-Gilbert2.jpg)
The Rev. Gil Caldwell’s death on September 4 follows the passing this year of other giants of the civil rights era — the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C. T.… Continue Reading Civil Rights pioneer dies
Panelists urge action on race issues
![James Lawson in Washington, one of four panelists in town hall.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lawson-in-Washington-960-GBGM-John-Goodwin.jpg)
Four civil rights veterans encourage people of faith to get involved. Panelists speak out for justice during a United Methodist town hall with the theme, “Seasoned leaders discuss dismantling racism.”
Civil rights titans talk about racism
![Civil Rights leader James Lawson](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lawson-James2-960.jpg)
How do the current protests surrounding the death of George Floyd and others due to police brutality compare to the 1950s and 1960s? Civil Rights leaders reflect.
Their faith changed a nation
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The Revs. John Lewis and C.T. Vivian are remembered as men whose faith enabled them to go the distance for equity and justice.
What would MLK say?
![Honoring the dream](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MLK4.jpg)
A rabbi sees parallels between the Civil Rights Movement and The Exodus of the Hebrew people.
United Methodists honor Dr. King
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On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Those who walked with him remember.
MLK’s last sermon still relevant today
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Four days before his tragic death in Memphis, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached in Washington D.C.
Civil Rights Tour proves life-changing
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An eye-opening spring break takes students on a trip through the southern United States.
The ‘beloved community’
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A young adult missionary serving in Detroit reflects on the Civil Rights Movement … past and present.