June 19, 2013

Black Preacher on His Way to Helming Southern Baptist Convention

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*The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. well remembers the first time he ventured from his native New Orleans to preach in Crowley, a rice-growing town in the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun country, reports The Los Angeles Times. The pastor there had invited Luter to speak, but worried how the congregation would react. “I told him, ‘Just [...]




Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Even Zimmerman of All People Restirs Racial Divide

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*George Zimmerman should be one of the least likely picks on the planet to re stir the racial divide. But Trayvon Martin’s accused killer did. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that the overwhelming majority of whites did not feel that Martin was “unjustly killed.” Of course, the overwhelming majority of blacks felt just the opposite. Hispanics [...]