Fred Gray receives Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — Fred Gray was meeting with the Alabama State Bar Association at a retreat in Destin, Fla., when his phone rang. The famed civil…
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‘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…
Fred Gray to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Fred Gray is headed to the White House — again. A renowned civil rights attorney, the Church of Christ minister and elder is one of…
Montgomery, Ala., names street after Fred Gray
The Alabama city where Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat to a White, male passenger in 1955 will rename a street…
Gray deserves Presidential Medal of Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and John Lewis are three of the most recognizable faces of the civil rights movement and have become memorable…
Seeking justice, mercy with God’s love
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Over the past three months, I’ve covered protests in Lafayette Square in front of the White House. I’ve prayed with family by the…
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…
Letter of concern by ministers, leaders of Churches of Christ decries racial hatred
In an interview with The Christian Chronicle today, three black ministers discussed a letter of concern written in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis…
‘We are not screaming when God is screaming’
'We lose connection with the heart of God, and we stop screaming at the stuff God screams at, and that’s a problem,” said Rigel J.…
‘I can’t breathe’: A Christian response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis
'As a person, I'm outraged. As a city, we're trying to grieve," Russell Pointer Sr., minister for the Minneapolis Central Church of Christ, said regarding…
