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Racism, Traveler of Darkness

By Robin Bates | Published: August 3, 2019

Spiritual Sunday  When Dylan Roof walked into a Charleston Sunday School class and gunned down those who had welcomed him in, South Carolina poet Marcus Amaker composed the following poem. God may seem absent when hatred opens fire upon innocents, as occurred once again yesterday in El Paso, but Amaker finds hope in the belief […]

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Obama’s Eulogy & Beloved’s Baby Suggs

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2015

Commentator Melissa Harris-Perry quoted from “Beloved” following Obama’s Charleston eulogy. The passage she chose helps explain the power of the speech.

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No Room in This House for Two “I”s

By Robin Bates | Published: June 28, 2015

A Rumi parable speaks to the recent killings in Kuwait City and Charleston. It shares certain themes with Barack Obama’s Friday eulogy to Reverend Pinckney.

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