Dr. Jerry Andrew Taylor serves as an Associate Professor at Abilene Christian University. With a passion for promoting racial understanding and spiritual action, he also holds the position of Founding Director of the ACU Carl Spain Center on Race Studies … Continue reading Guest Contributor, Dr. Jerry Andrew Taylor
September is the month that loses the most daylight as the cool and shortened days of Autumn lie just beyond the horizon. The theme for September is Empathy. “Empathy: -the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person’s feelings -identification … Continue reading The September Theme: Empathy
During these lazy warm and welcoming summer days, I enjoy relaxing drives with my lovely wife. Following in my late father’s footsteps, I found it convenient to find a driveway to use as a turnaround in U-Turn-prohibitive Central Ohio. However, … Continue reading Hands up, Don’t Shoot,
Just days away from the anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom, better known as the March on Washington, as memories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resurrect many of his enduring words. Among these are Dr. King’s phrase “Giant Triplets” which referenced the Intersections … Continue reading The August Theme: Law and Order?
It was a crystal-clear day in early September, one day before my first day of another school year, this time at a brand-new school. I was playing in our newly sodden back yard while other children started classes. Daydreams flooded … Continue reading My Nappy Roots
Whether you refer to the fall in the Garden of Eden, America’s original sin, Alex Haley’s wrenching novel and movie series, or the point in your life where innocence was lost, and you discovered that you were different. For some, … Continue reading The July Issue, “Roots”
On June 19th, America observes the newest National Holiday, Juneteenth. That day we commemorated when Texas’ enslaved people received the news that they were set free two years after the fact. Today many Americas don’t want to acknowledge the wrong … Continue reading The June Issue: When “I’m Sorry” just won’t do. Real Talk About Reparations
“Please, we need your help. We have recently suffered from the worst of possible tragedies, of which we had no part in this most unfortunate matter that has been so egregious and damaging to our crops, property, and livestock. Our … Continue reading Remorse, Taking Responsibility, and Reparations
Rihanna Out of the backdrop, the images begin to take shape. The grays merge into pink, trimmed in crimson, and blacks glow from turquoise to blues. With the emergence of light, bearings take hold and plant feet firmly on the … Continue reading “When The Sun Shines, We’ll Shine Together.”
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