Fred Gray receives top award from American Bar Association
Fred Gray — a renowned civil rights attorney, longtime minister and elder of the Tuskegee Church of Christ in Alabama — recently received the American…
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‘A giant among giants’
Franklin Florence moved to Rochester, N.Y., in 1959 to serve as full-time minister for the Reynolds Street Church of Christ. More than 60 years later…
Nashville Christian Institute’s final reunion pays tribute to Fred Gray
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The two men were boys when they met. One, a preacher, would minister to churches for seven decades. The other, a preacher…
‘A lawyer by trade and a preacher at heart’ — Fred Gray receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — The East Room of the White House was filled with American heroes Thursday including Fred Gray, one of 17 recipients of the Presidential…
‘I thank the God of our weary years’
SEARCY, Ark. — Elijah Anthony and Howard Wright gathered with family and friends on Harding University’s front lawn, facing the iconic Administration Building central to…
History repeats: Civil rights hero’s great-grandson shows courage
In 1957, the White mayor of Little Rock, Ark., showed courage by standing up for nine Black students trying to integrate Central High School. Defying…
The humble faith of Jerry Mitchell, an American hero
Jerry Mitchell is an American hero — a humble one at that. The Mississippi newspaperman’s courageous journalism helped send four Ku Klux Klan members to…
