Darren Sands
@darrensands
I cover the Black Church + race & 🗳️ for @AP. Writing a 📖 on Coretta King’s work to transform 🇺🇸 into the world’s first nonviolent society: [email protected].
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http://darrenlamontsands.com 09-01-2009 18:40:36
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Not enough people are talking about the fact that in Montgomery there is now a monument to formerly enslaved people that lists every one of their last names as it appeared in the 1870 Census, the first census to record Black people in this country.
legacysites.eji.org/about/monument/
Top stories on our site this week included:
-Bob Smietana on the popularity of St. Mattress/Bedside Baptist
-Darren Sands on Black churches amid COVID-19 attendance declines
-Aleja Hertzler-McCain on global Christian leaders calling for a Gaza cease-fire
(5/x) publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/word-and-way…
Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill? (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/02881a…
What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide? (By Luis Andres Henao of The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/4c22eb…
As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength (from The Associated Press Religion Team’s Giovanna Dell'Orto and Darren Sands ) apnews.com/article/f606d6…
The Church of England aims to raise more than $1 billion to address its past links to slavery (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/32b48e…
