Hope in the Face of Racist Backlash
Aran Shetterly celebrates Greensboro massacre survivors Nelson and Joyce Johnson as great moral leaders.
Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.
The 1979 Greensboro Massacre
The author recalls attending the first truth and reconciliation commission in the United States, held in Greensboro, North Carolina.
When I was in seminary at Duke Divinity School, I got an invitation to attend the first truth and reconciliation commission ever held in the United States, just 45 minutes down the road in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The author had read Desmond Tutu on forgiveness and had heard Peter Storey talk about the profound encounters that happened when perpetrators were invited to tell the truth about atrocities they had committed—without fear of punishment—in apartheid South Africa.
Author's summary: Aran Shetterly celebrates moral leaders.
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